Historical Events In September - 16

1859  Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone on September - 16.   

1861  On September - 16 battle of Princeton WV   

1862  On September - 16 gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY   

1862  Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.   

1864  Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) on September - 16.   

1867  Ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game on this day in history.   

1872  On September - 16 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

1873  German troops leave France on September - 16.   

1875  James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney) on September - 16.   

1877  James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on this day in history.   

1878  Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) on this day in history.   

1880  On September - 16 alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman)   

1882  On this day in history mart Saar, composer   

1885  On September - 16 puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup   

1885  Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst on this day in history.   

1887  Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor on September - 16.   

1888  Almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie) on September - 16.   

1889  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press) on this day in history.   

1890  On September - 16 newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers   

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers on September - 16.   

1890  Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) on this day in history.   

1891  On September - 16 czeslaw Josef Marek, composer   

1892  On September - 16 amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"   

1893  Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders on this day in history.   

1893  Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders on September - 16.   

1893  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937) on September - 16.   

1894  On this day in history clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops)   

1895  On September - 16 charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals)   

1896  Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist on September - 16.   

1896  On this day in history carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60   

1899  On this day in history hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50)   

1901  Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County on September - 16.   

1901  Andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32) on this day in history.   

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0016  Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38) was born on September - 16.   

1098  On September - 16 birth of hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179)   

1386  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general was born on September - 16.   

1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22) was born on this day in history.   

1507  Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

1547  Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet was born on September - 16.   

1557  On September - 16 birth of jacques Mauduit, composer   

1574  On this day in history birth of samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena)   

0096  On this day in history death of titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45   

0655  On September - 16 martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies   

0827  Death of Pope Valentine on September - 16.   

1087  On September - 16 victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies   

1100  Death of Bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054) on this day in history.   

1345  Death of John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295) on September - 16.   

1380  Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies on September - 16.   

1394  Clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies on this day in history.