Historical Events In July - 16

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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1194  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on July - 16.   

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on July - 16.   

1611  On July - 16 birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

1715  On July - 16 birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1723  On July - 16 birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)   

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on July - 16.   

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on July - 16.   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1139  On this day in history walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1216  On July - 16 innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies   

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.   

1342  On this day in history death of king Charles I of Hungary   

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on this day in history.