Page 2: Historical Events In January - 16

1761  On January - 16 the British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.   

1765  Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) on January - 16.   

1776  On this day in history continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks   

1777  Vermont declares independence from NY on this day in history.   

1780  Battle at Cape St Vincent Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet   

1794  On this day in history edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56   

1795  On January - 16 french army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Netherlands   

1795  On January - 16 french army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth   

1804  On January - 16 karl August Krebs, composer   

1807  On this day in history charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877   

1809  On January - 16 french forces defeat Sir John Moore and kill him in the Battle of Corunna January 16 Sir Arthur Wellesley succeeds Moore as commander of British forces in the Peninsular War   

1809  Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña on January - 16.   

1815  On January - 16 brazil is decreed a kingdom, independent from Portugal.   

1815  Adolph Trube, composer on January - 16.   

1817  Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history godert baron van der de Capellen becomes Governor of Dutch-Indies   

1832  On January - 16 charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde   

1834  Albert Lindley Lee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1907 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on this day in history.   

1842  Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1847  John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory on January - 16.   

1849  On January - 16 wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

1853  On this day in history the birth of Andre Michelin, French tiremaker   

1853  Andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history cruise of CSS Florida   

1863  -Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida on January - 16.   

1864  On January - 16 heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge TN   

1864  On January - 16 heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee   

1864  On January - 16 frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)   

1864  On January - 16 anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

1865  Confederate Brigadier General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history drunken sailor attacks munitions at Fort Fisher NC, 40 die   

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on January - 16.   

1409  On January - 16 birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  On January - 16 birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on January - 16.   

1587  On this day in history birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter   

1616  On January - 16 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On January - 16 birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)   

0308  On this day in history marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

0429  Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on January - 16.   

0960  On this day in history death of polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople   

1343  On this day in history robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  On January - 16 death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  On January - 16 death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  On this day in history death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)