Historical Events In April - 16
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0073 On this day in history masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt.
0556 On April - 16 pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0744 al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph on April - 16.
0924 On April - 16 berengar of Friuli, King of Italy
1071 On this day in history five centuries of Byzantine rule in Italy end April 16 as Bari falls to Robert Guiscard after a 3-year Norman siege
1071 On April - 16 bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy.
1115 On April - 16 svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]
1118 Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily on this day in history.
1198 On this day in history duke Frederick I of Austria
1346 On April - 16 king Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
1395 On this day in history 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 French army under Louis XII enters Alps on April - 16.
1521 Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms on April - 16.
1529 On April - 16 louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake
1582 On April - 16 spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies on this day in history.
1628 Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand on this day in history.
1632 On April - 16 albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander
1635 On April - 16 frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1645 On this day in history tobias Hume, English composer
1648 On April - 16 john Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
1652 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40) on this day in history.
1660 On this day in history hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)
1673 Francesco Feroci, composer on this day in history.
1682 On this day in history john Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1687 On this day in history george Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59
1697 On April - 16 johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
1703 Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke on this day in history.
1705 Isaac Newton is knighted. From then on, just call him Sir on April - 16.
1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College on this day in history.
1724 On April - 16 1st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9)
1728 On April - 16 joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist