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16 maig
[modifica]Events
[modifica]Pre-1600
[modifica]- 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
- 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.[1]
- 1364 – Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel.[2]
- 1426 – Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes King of Ava.[3]
- 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
- 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
- 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.[4]
- 1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
1601–1900
[modifica]- 1739 – The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
- 1770 – The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.[5]
- 1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
- 1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom fight an inconclusive battle against the French at the Albuera.[6] It is, in proportion to the numbers involved, the bloodiest battle of the war.[7]
- 1812 – Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.[8]
- 1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
- 1832 – Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.[9][10]
- 1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
- 1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.[11]
- 1863 – American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, the decisive Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Champion Hill drives the Confederate army under John C. Pemberton back towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.[12]
- 1866 – The United States Congress establishes the nickel.[13]
- ↑ Lock, Peter. The Franks in the Aegean: 1204-1500. New York: Routledge, 2013, p. 310. ISBN 9780582051393.
- ↑ S. H. Cuttler. The Law of Treason and Treason Trials in Later Medieval France. Cambridge University Press, 18 December 2003, p. 172. ISBN 978-0-521-52643-2 [Consulta: 5 maig 2013].
- ↑ Maha Sithu. Yazawin Thit (en birmà). 1–3. 2nd printing. Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing, 2012.; Thursday, 10th waxing of Nayon 788 ME = 16 May 1426
- ↑ Wagner, John. Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and America. New York: The Oryx Press, 2002, p. xxii. ISBN 9780816046577.
- ↑ Lever, Evelyne. Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001, p. 22–24. ISBN 9780312283339.
- ↑ Esdaile, Charles. The Peninsular War. Penguin Books, 2002, p. 340. ISBN 978-0-14-027370-0.
- ↑ Oman, Sir Charles. A History of the Peninsular War: Volume IV, December 1810 to December 1811. Greenhill Books, 1911, p. 393. ISBN 978-1-85367-618-5.
- ↑ Crowe, David. A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, p. 158. ISBN 9781403980090.
- ↑ Montecino Aguirre, Sonia. «Alicanto». A: Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (en castellà). Catalonia, 2015, p. 47–48. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8.
- ↑ Historia de Chile (en castellà). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria, 1995, p. 469–472.
- ↑ Dicken, Samuel N.; Dicken, Emily F. The Making of Oregon: A Study in Historical Geography. Portland, Ore.: Oregon Historical Society, 1979, p. 72. ISBN 9780875950631.; Byers, Roland O. The Linchpin: The Oregon Trail in 1843. Moscow, Idaho: University Press of Idaho, 1984, p. 22. ISBN 9780893010942.; Manwelleer, Mathew. Chronology of the U.S. Presidency. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2012, p. 315. ISBN 9781598846454.
- ↑ «Battle of Champion Hill (May 16)». NPS.gov. National Park Service, 07-04-2017. [Consulta: 17 maig 2024].
- ↑ Hudgeons, Marc; Hudgeons, Tom. Official 2009 Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins. New York: Random House Reference, 2008, p. 290. ISBN 9780375721700.