Historical Events In September - 16

1859  Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone on September - 16.   

1861  On this day in history battle of Princeton WV   

1862  On this day in history gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY   

1862  Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.   

1864  Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) on September - 16.   

1867  On September - 16 ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game   

1872  On September - 16 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

1873  German troops leave France on September - 16.   

1875  James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney) on September - 16.   

1877  On this day in history james J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)   

1878  Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) on September - 16.   

1880  Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman) on this day in history.   

1882  Mart Saar, composer on this day in history.   

1885  Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup on September - 16.   

1885  Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor   

1888  Almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie) on this day in history.   

1889  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press) on this day in history.   

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers   

1890  Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) on September - 16.   

1891  Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer on September - 16.   

1892  Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" on September - 16.   

1893  On this day in history cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders   

1893  On September - 16 cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders   

1893  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937) on September - 16.   

1894  Clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals)   

1896  On this day in history andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist   

1896  Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 on September - 16.   

1899  On this day in history hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50)   

1901  Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)   

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0016  Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38) was born on this day in history.   

1098  Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179) was born on this day in history.   

1386  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general was born on September - 16.   

1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22) was born on this day in history.   

1507  On September - 16 birth of jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)   

1547  Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet was born on September - 16.   

1557  On this day in history birth of jacques Mauduit, composer   

1574  On this day in history birth of samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena)   

0096  On this day in history death of titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45   

0655  On September - 16 martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies   

0827  On September - 16 death of pope Valentine   

1087  On this day in history victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies   

1100  On September - 16 death of bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)   

1345  Death of John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1380  Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies on this day in history.   

1394  Clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies on this day in history.