Historical Events In April - 16
Friday, 18 July 2025
0073 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt on April - 16.
0556 On April - 16 pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0744 al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph on this day in history.
0924 Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy on this day in history.
1071 Five centuries of Byzantine rule in Italy end April 16 as Bari falls to Robert Guiscard after a 3-year Norman siege on this day in history.
1071 Bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy on this day in history.
1115 Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] on this day in history.
1118 Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily on April - 16.
1198 Duke Frederick I of Austria on this day in history.
1346 On April - 16 king Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
1395 On April - 16 azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops.
1446 On this day in history filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies
1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 on this day in history.
1509 On this day in history french army under Louis XII enters Alps
1521 Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms on this day in history.
1529 On this day in history louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake
1582 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina on this day in history.
1619 On April - 16 denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies
1628 Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand on this day in history.
1632 Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander on this day in history.
1635 Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter on this day in history.
1645 On this day in history tobias Hume, English composer
1648 John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre) on this day in history.
1652 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40) on this day in history.
1660 Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum) on this day in history.
1673 Francesco Feroci, composer on April - 16.
1682 John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope) on April - 16.
1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1697 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer on this day in history.
1703 On April - 16 caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke
1705 Isaac Newton is knighted. From then on, just call him Sir on April - 16.
1705 On April - 16 queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
1724 On this day in history 1st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9)
1728 On April - 16 joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist