Historical Events In July - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1848 On this day in history henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)
1855 On July - 16 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer
1856 Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem on July - 16.
1857 Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore on July - 16.
1857 Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.
1858 Eugene Ysaye, composer on July - 16.
1860 On July - 16 jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist
1861 On this day in history battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought
1862 On this day in history david G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy
1862 On this day in history david G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy
1862 On July - 16 ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist
1863 Utrecht-Swells railway opens on this day in history.
1864 Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.
1865 George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist on July - 16.
1867 Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam on July - 16.
1868 On this day in history louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87
1871 Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.
1872 Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole on this day in history.
1877 On this day in history béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)
1880 Dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada on July - 16.
1882 On July - 16 edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)
1886 Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies on this day in history.
1887 On July - 16 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)
1887 On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
1888 Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) on July - 16.
1889 On July - 16 michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83
1890 On this day in history gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies
1893 On July - 16 a Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia
1894 On this day in history many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners
1894 On this day in history treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England
1895 On July - 16 archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton
1896 Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken) on July - 16.
1896 On this day in history edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74
1897 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies on July - 16.
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