Page 3: Historical Events In July - 16

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

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

1856  Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore   

1857  On July - 16 pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies   

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On July - 16 jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist   

1861  On July - 16 battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

1862  David G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy on July - 16.   

1862  On this day in history david G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy   

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

1863  Utrecht-Swells railway opens on this day in history.   

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

1865  On July - 16 george A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist   

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

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

1871  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.   

1872  Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole on July - 16.   

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  On this day in history edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)   

1886  On July - 16 ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies   

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 July - 16.   

1888  Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) on this day in history.   

1889  Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 on July - 16.   

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

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

1894  On this day in history 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  Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton on July - 16.   

1896  Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken) on July - 16.   

1896  On this day in history edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74   

1897  Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies on July - 16.   

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

1571  On July - 16 birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on July - 16.   

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

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on July - 16.   

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

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on July - 16.   

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

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

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on July - 16.   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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  On July - 16 death of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)   

1342  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on July - 16.   

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on this day in history.