Page 3: Historical Events In July - 16

1848  On this day in history henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)   

1855  On this day in history charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

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  On this day in history pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies   

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer on this day in history.   

1860  Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist on July - 16.   

1861  On July - 16 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  On July - 16 david G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy   

1862  Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history utrecht-Swells railway opens   

1864  Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27 on July - 16.   

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

1867  Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1868  On July - 16 louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87   

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

1872  Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole on this day in history.   

1877  Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) on July - 16.   

1880  On July - 16 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 July - 16.   

1886  Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies on July - 16.   

1887  On this day in history "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)   

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 this day in history.   

1889  On July - 16 michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83   

1890  Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies on July - 16.   

1893  A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia on July - 16.   

1894  Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners on this day in history.   

1894  On July - 16 treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England   

1895  On July - 16 archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton   

1896  Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken) on this day in history.   

1896  Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 on July - 16.   

1897  On July - 16 levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies   

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1194  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on July - 16.   

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on July - 16.   

1611  On July - 16 birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)   

1704  On July - 16 birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle   

1714  On July - 16 birth of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)   

1715  On July - 16 birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

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

1723  On July - 16 birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)   

0276  On this day in history death of mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered   

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on this day in history.   

1099  On July - 16 el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59   

1139  On July - 16 walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1216  Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies on July - 16.   

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.   

1342  On this day in history death of king Charles I of Hungary   

1482  On July - 16 john van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies