Page 3: Historical Events In July - 16

1848  Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music) on July - 16.   

1855  Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer on this day in history.   

1856  On July - 16 statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem   

1857  On July - 16 sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore   

1857  Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist   

1861  On this day in history battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

1862  On July - 16 david G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy   

1862  David G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy on this day in history.   

1862  On July - 16 ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist   

1863  On July - 16 utrecht-Swells railway opens   

1864  Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.   

1865  George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam   

1868  Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

1872  On July - 16 roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole   

1877  On this day in history béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)   

1880  On this day in history dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.   

1882  Edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies   

1887  "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) on July - 16.   

1887  Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1888  Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) on July - 16.   

1889  Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies   

1893  On this day in history a Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia   

1894  On July - 16 many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners   

1894  On this day in history treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England   

1895  On this day in history archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton   

1896  On July - 16 mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken)   

1896  Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1897  Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies on this day in history.   

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1194  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  On this day in history birth of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)   

1715  Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France was born on July - 16.   

1722  On this day in history birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor   

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on this day in history.   

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on July - 16.   

0599  On this day in history monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies   

1099  On this day in history el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59   

1139  On this day in history walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1216  On July - 16 innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies   

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on this day in history.   

1342  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on this day in history.   

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on July - 16.