A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on April 16 throughout history.
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BC Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.
Sir Isaac Newton (4 January [O.S. 25 December] 1643 – 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and…
Battle of Culloden: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart in the final battle of the Jacobite Rising on British soil
US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps [1]
The Committee of European Economic Co-operation (CEEC) was a joint European conference to determine the priorities for the recovery of the European economy after World War II, and to assist in the…
Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state, following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the…
Short film "The Music Box" is released in the US, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1932 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film)
Le prophète (The Prophet) is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, which was premiered in Paris on 16 April 1849.
Cleveland Indians become the first MLB team to permanently feature numbers on the backs of uniforms; numbers correspond to the position in the batting order
Actor and comedian Michael Palin (22) weds Helen Gibbins
American singer and piano player Harry Connick, Jr. (26) weds American model Jill Goodacre (30) at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana
Leading Romantic poet Lord Byron signs Deed of Separation dissolving his marriage with Lady Byron at her request after 1 year of marriage
BC A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War
73 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt
Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Bari falls to Robert Guiscard's Norman forces, ending Byzantine rule in Italy
Franciscan envoys Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Benedict to Pole depart Lyon on first Catholic mission to the Mongols. Carpine returns 1247 as first European with account of a Mongolian court
The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uroš IV Dušan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans
Azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops
Salta is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 627,704 according to the 2022 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina.
The University of Münster (German: Universität Münster, until 2023 German: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North...
First American comedy play, "The Contrast," debuts in NYC
The Spithead and Nore mutinies were two major mutinies by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. They were the first in an increasing series of outbreaks of maritime radicalism in the Atlantic World.
The Rush–Bagot Treaty or Rush–Bagot Disarmament was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812.
First passenger railway opens in India from Bori Bunder (Bombay) to Thane (34 km)
The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up
The Confederate Conscription Acts, 1862 to 1864, were a series of measures taken by the Confederate government to procure the manpower needed to fight the American Civil War. The First Conscription...
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,...
Nitroglycerine explodes at a Wells Fargo & Co office in San Francisco shattering glass for half a mile
The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government.
Ebenezer Bassett, 1st African American diplomat, begins service as Minister to Haiti
The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on the Strand in the City of Westminster. Opening in 1870, the theatre staged mostly vaudeville shows and musical revues in its early days.
Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S.
Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike in the Netherlands
Natural Bridges National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Four Corners boundary of southeast Utah, in the western United States, at the junction of...
The Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress (CUP, also translated as the Society of Union and Progress; Ottoman Turkish: اتحاد و ترقى جمعيتی, romanized: İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti, French: Union et...
During World War I (1914–1918), Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which entered the war in August 1914 as one of the Entente Powers, along with France and Russia.
The Liberal State Party, "the Freedom League" (Dutch: Liberale Staatspartij "de Vrijheidsbond", LSP), was a conservative liberal political party in the Netherlands from 1921 to 1948.
1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 wounded
Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner
1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; first best-of-7 SC Final series
Little Theater at Adelphi Strand, London closes
The Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands,...
40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands (85 killed)
1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, New Mexicao; reaches altitude of 8 km
-17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: 3-peat for Toronto Maple Leafs as they beat Detroit Red Wings, 3-1 for a 4 game series sweep
British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1st solar powered radios go on sale
Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Dickie Moore has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 5-1 for a 4-1 series victory
French government of Félix Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
The 15th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 16, 1961, in the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City.
Brazil nationalizes US businesses
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (worth about £62 million in 2023) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London, on the West Coast Main Line, in the early hours...
The Saturn C-3 was the third rocket in the Saturn C series studied from 1959 to 1962.
Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian and later Zimbabwean politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia...
70 die in a snow crush (France)
Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
The Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War.
Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport, Belgium
Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
Leander & Seago's musical "Matador" premieres in London
1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul, Minneapolis on WRQC 100.3 FM
The super liner Queen Mary 2 embarks on her first Transatlantic crossing, linking the golden age of ocean travel to the modern age of ocean travel.
Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
16 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in Kyekyewere, Ghana
The 2014 Copa del Rey final was the 112th final of Spain's premier football cup since its establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played).
22 million Americans have filed for unemployment in 4 weeks (5.2 million in the last week), wiping out 9 1/2 years of job gains
Spanish extreme athlete Beatriz Flamini exits a deep cave in Granada, Spain, after spending 500 days isolated underground in probable world record, as part of social isolation experiment [1]
Denmark's historic stock exchange, the Børsen, dating from 1625 goes up in flames in Copenhagen while being renovated [1]
A juvenile colossal squid (11.8 inches long) is filmed in its natural environment at 1,968 feet deep for the first time since its discovery in 1925 near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean [1]
Wilbur Wright is born
Benedict XVI is born
Margrethe II is born
Antony Blinken, American lawyer and diplomat, known for american lawyer and diplomat, was born on 1963-04-16.
Charlie Chaplin comic actor and filmmaker, known for english comic actor and filmmaker, was born on 1889-04-16. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr.
Jon Cryer, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1966-04-16. Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor.
Martin Lawrence, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1966-04-16. Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor and comedian.
Claire Foy, British actress, known for british actress, was born on 1985-04-16. Claire Elizabeth Foy is a British actress.
Anya Taylor-Joy actress, known for actress, was born on 1997-04-16. Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an actress.
Henry Mancini, American musician, known for american film composer, was born on 1924-04-16. Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist.
Akon, American musician, known for senegalese-american singer, was born on 1974-04-16.
Chance the Rapper, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1994-04-16. Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1948-04-16. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former basketball player.
Bill Belichick, American athlete, known for american football coach, was born on 1953-04-16.
Conchita Martínez, Spanish athlete, known for spanish tennis player, was born on 1973-04-16.
Peter Ustinov, British actor and humanitarian, known for british actor and humanitarian, was born on 1921-04-16.
Madame Tussaud, French wax museum founder, known for french wax museum founder, died on 1850-04-16.
Rosalind Franklin, English x-ray crystallographer, known for british x-ray crystallographer, died on 1958-04-16.
Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster, known for american football player and sportscaster, died on 2013-04-16.
73 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt
Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Bari falls to Robert Guiscard's Norman forces, ending Byzantine rule in Italy
BC A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War
Franciscan envoys Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and Benedict to Pole depart Lyon on first Catholic mission to the Mongols. Carpine returns 1247 as first European with account of a Mongolian court
The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uroš IV Dušan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans
Azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops
BC Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.
Salta is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 627,704 according to the 2022 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina.
Sir Isaac Newton (4 January [O.S. 25 December] 1643 – 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and…
Battle of Culloden: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart in the final battle of the Jacobite Rising on British soil
The University of Münster (German: Universität Münster, until 2023 German: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North...
First American comedy play, "The Contrast," debuts in NYC
The Spithead and Nore mutinies were two major mutinies by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. They were the first in an increasing series of outbreaks of maritime radicalism in the Atlantic World.
Leading Romantic poet Lord Byron signs Deed of Separation dissolving his marriage with Lady Byron at her request after 1 year of marriage
The Rush–Bagot Treaty or Rush–Bagot Disarmament was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812.
Le prophète (The Prophet) is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, which was premiered in Paris on 16 April 1849.
Madame Tussaud, French wax museum founder, known for french wax museum founder, died on 1850-04-16.
First passenger railway opens in India from Bori Bunder (Bombay) to Thane (34 km)
The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up
The Confederate Conscription Acts, 1862 to 1864, were a series of measures taken by the Confederate government to procure the manpower needed to fight the American Civil War. The First Conscription...
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,...
Nitroglycerine explodes at a Wells Fargo & Co office in San Francisco shattering glass for half a mile
Wilbur Wright is born
The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government.
Ebenezer Bassett, 1st African American diplomat, begins service as Minister to Haiti
The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on the Strand in the City of Westminster. Opening in 1870, the theatre staged mostly vaudeville shows and musical revues in its early days.
Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S.
Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike in the Netherlands
Charlie Chaplin comic actor and filmmaker, known for english comic actor and filmmaker, was born on 1889-04-16. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr.
US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps [1]
Natural Bridges National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Four Corners boundary of southeast Utah, in the western United States, at the junction of...
The Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress (CUP, also translated as the Society of Union and Progress; Ottoman Turkish: اتحاد و ترقى جمعيتی, romanized: İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti, French: Union et...
During World War I (1914–1918), Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which entered the war in August 1914 as one of the Entente Powers, along with France and Russia.
The Liberal State Party, "the Freedom League" (Dutch: Liberale Staatspartij "de Vrijheidsbond", LSP), was a conservative liberal political party in the Netherlands from 1921 to 1948.
Peter Ustinov, British actor and humanitarian, known for british actor and humanitarian, was born on 1921-04-16.
1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion
Henry Mancini, American musician, known for american film composer, was born on 1924-04-16. Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist.
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 wounded
Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Benedict XVI is born
Cleveland Indians become the first MLB team to permanently feature numbers on the backs of uniforms; numbers correspond to the position in the batting order
Short film "The Music Box" is released in the US, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1932 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film)
1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; first best-of-7 SC Final series
Little Theater at Adelphi Strand, London closes
Margrethe II is born
The Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands,...
40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands (85 killed)
1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, New Mexicao; reaches altitude of 8 km
-17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
The Committee of European Economic Co-operation (CEEC) was a joint European conference to determine the priorities for the recovery of the European economy after World War II, and to assist in the…
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1948-04-16. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former basketball player.
Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: 3-peat for Toronto Maple Leafs as they beat Detroit Red Wings, 3-1 for a 4 game series sweep
British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
Bill Belichick, American athlete, known for american football coach, was born on 1953-04-16.
KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1st solar powered radios go on sale
Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Dickie Moore has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 5-1 for a 4-1 series victory
French government of Félix Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
Rosalind Franklin, English x-ray crystallographer, known for british x-ray crystallographer, died on 1958-04-16.
Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
The 15th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 16, 1961, in the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City.
Brazil nationalizes US businesses
Antony Blinken, American lawyer and diplomat, known for american lawyer and diplomat, was born on 1963-04-16.
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (worth about £62 million in 2023) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London, on the West Coast Main Line, in the early hours...
The Saturn C-3 was the third rocket in the Saturn C series studied from 1959 to 1962.
Actor and comedian Michael Palin (22) weds Helen Gibbins
Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian and later Zimbabwean politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia...
Jon Cryer, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1966-04-16. Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor.
Martin Lawrence, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1966-04-16. Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor and comedian.
70 die in a snow crush (France)
Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
Conchita Martínez, Spanish athlete, known for spanish tennis player, was born on 1973-04-16.
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Akon, American musician, known for senegalese-american singer, was born on 1974-04-16.
The Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War.
Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport, Belgium
Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
Claire Foy, British actress, known for british actress, was born on 1985-04-16. Claire Elizabeth Foy is a British actress.
Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
Leander & Seago's musical "Matador" premieres in London
1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
American singer and piano player Harry Connick, Jr. (26) weds American model Jill Goodacre (30) at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana
Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
Chance the Rapper, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1994-04-16. Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper.
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul, Minneapolis on WRQC 100.3 FM
Anya Taylor-Joy actress, known for actress, was born on 1997-04-16. Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an actress.
Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state, following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the…
The super liner Queen Mary 2 embarks on her first Transatlantic crossing, linking the golden age of ocean travel to the modern age of ocean travel.
Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
16 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in Kyekyewere, Ghana
Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster, known for american football player and sportscaster, died on 2013-04-16.
The 2014 Copa del Rey final was the 112th final of Spain's premier football cup since its establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played).
22 million Americans have filed for unemployment in 4 weeks (5.2 million in the last week), wiping out 9 1/2 years of job gains
Spanish extreme athlete Beatriz Flamini exits a deep cave in Granada, Spain, after spending 500 days isolated underground in probable world record, as part of social isolation experiment [1]
Denmark's historic stock exchange, the Børsen, dating from 1625 goes up in flames in Copenhagen while being renovated [1]
A juvenile colossal squid (11.8 inches long) is filmed in its natural environment at 1,968 feet deep for the first time since its discovery in 1925 near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean [1]