July 16 All Events |
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| July 16th, 2007 (July 16 2007) | Event | An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occur off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chuetsu offshore earthquake. | |
| July 16th, 2006 (July 16 2006) | Death | Bob Orton, Sr., American professional wrestler (born in 1929) | |
| July 16th, 2006 (July 16 2006) | Death | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (born in 1948) | |
| July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Event | Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling released, selling over 9 million copies in the 24 hours after release. | J.K. Rowling Quotes |
| July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Death | Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (born in 1920) | |
| July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Death | Prince Gu of Korea (born in 1931) | |
| July 16th, 2005 (July 16 2005) | Death | Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, and entertainer (born in 1920) | |
| July 16th, 2004 (July 16 2004) | Event | Millennium Park, considered the first and most ambitious architectural project in the early 21st century for Chicago, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. | |
| July 16th, 2004 (July 16 2004) | Death | George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (born in 1927) | |
| July 16th, 2003 (July 16 2003) | Death | Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (born in 1924) | |
| July 16th, 2003 (July 16 2003) | Death | Carol Shields, Canadian author (born in 1935) | |
| July 16th, 2002 (July 16 2002) | Death | John Cocke, American computer scientist (born in 1925) | |
| July 16th, 2001 (July 16 2001) | Death | Maurice De Bevere, Belgian cartoonist (born in 1923) | |
| July 16th, 2001 (July 16 2001) | Death | Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (born in 1961) | |
| July 16th, 1999 (July 16 1999) | Event | John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha s Vineyardied in The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| July 16th, 1999 (July 16 1999) | Death | Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (born in 1966) | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| July 16th, 1999 (July 16 1999) | Death | John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (born in 1960) | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| July 16th, 1999 (July 16 1999) | Death | Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (born in 1979) | |
| July 16th, 1998 (July 16 1998) | Death | John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (born in 1915) | |
| July 16th, 1996 (July 16 1996) | Death | John Panozzo, American musician (Styx) (born in 1948) | |
| July 16th, 1996 (July 16 1996) | Death | Adolf von Thadden, German politician, (born in 1921) | |
| July 16th, 1995 (July 16 1995) | Death | May Sarton, Belgian-born American poet (born in 1912) | |
| July 16th, 1995 (July 16 1995) | Death | Stephen Spender, English poet (born in 1909) | |
| July 16th, 1994 (July 16 1994) | Event | Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9:comet that collided with Jupiter in 1994. Impacts began on this date through July 22nd. | |
| July 16th, 1994 (July 16 1994) | Birth | Mark Indelicato, American singer and actor | |
| July 16th, 1994 (July 16 1994) | Death | Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1918) | Julian Quotes |
| July 16th, 1994 (July 16 1994) | Death | Marcel-Marie Desmarais, French Canadian priest, writer, preacher and broadcaster (born in 1908) | |
| July 16th, 1992 (July 16 1992) | Death | Buck Buchanan, American football player (born in 1940) | |
| July 16th, 1991 (July 16 1991) | Birth | Randall Bentley, American actor | |
| July 16th, 1991 (July 16 1991) | Death | Robert Motherwell, American painter (born in 1915) | |
| July 16th, 1991 (July 16 1991) | Death | Frank Rizzo, American politician (born in 1920 | |
| July 16th, 1990 (July 16 1990) | Death | Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (born in 1927) | |
| July 16th, 1990 (July 16 1990) | Death | Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and organist (born in 1908) | |
| July 16th, 1989 (July 16 1989) | Birth | Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer | |
| July 16th, 1989 (July 16 1989) | Death | Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (born in 1908) | |
| July 16th, 1986 (July 16 1986) | Birth | Calum Gittins, New Zealand actor | |
| July 16th, 1985 (July 16 1985) | Death | Heinrich Boll, German writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1917) | |
| July 16th, 1985 (July 16 1985) | Death | Wayne King, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (born in 1901) | |
| July 16th, 1984 (July 16 1984) | Birth | Katrina Kaif, Indian Actress | |
| July 16th, 1984 (July 16 1984) | Birth | Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver | |
| July 16th, 1983 (July 16 1983) | Event | Sikorsky S-61 disaster: helicopter crash off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities. | |
| July 16th, 1982 (July 16 1982) | Birth | Michael Umana, Costa Rican footballer | |
| July 16th, 1982 (July 16 1982) | Death | Patrick Dewaere, French actor (born in 1947) | |
| July 16th, 1982 (July 16 1982) | Death | C.R. Swart, South African politician (born in 1894) | |
| July 16th, 1981 (July 16 1981) | Event | Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad becomes Malaysia s 4th Prime Minister until retired on October 31, 2003. Making him Asia s longest-serving political leaders (22 years as Prime Minister of Malaysia). | |
| July 16th, 1981 (July 16 1981) | Death | Harry Chapin, American musician (born in 1942) | Harry Chapin Quotes |
| July 16th, 1980 (July 16 1980) | Birth | Jesse Jane, American pornographic actress | |
| July 16th, 1980 (July 16 1980) | Birth | Adam Scott, Australian golfer | |
| July 16th, 1979 (July 16 1979) | Event | Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| July 16th, 1979 (July 16 1979) | Birth | Jayma Mays, American actress | |
| July 16th, 1979 (July 16 1979) | Birth | Chris Mihm, American basketball player | |
| July 16th, 1979 (July 16 1979) | Death | Alfred Deller, English countertenor (born in 1912) | |
| July 16th, 1978 (July 16 1978) | Birth | Taj Anwar, model and activist | |
| July 16th, 1977 (July 16 1977) | Birth | Bryan Budd, British soldier (VC recipient) (died in 2006) | |
| July 16th, 1976 (July 16 1976) | Birth | Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler | |
| July 16th, 1976 (July 16 1976) | Birth | Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguyan footballer | |
| July 16th, 1976 (July 16 1976) | Birth | Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player | |
| July 16th, 1976 (July 16 1976) | Birth | Tomasz Kuchar, Polish rally driver | |
| July 16th, 1976 (July 16 1976) | Death | Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat assassinated in 1976 by the Chilean DINA | |
| July 16th, 1975 (July 16 1975) | Birth | Bas Leinders, Belgian racing car driver | |
| July 16th, 1975 (July 16 1975) | Birth | Ana Paula Arosio, Brazilian actress | |
| July 16th, 1975 (July 16 1975) | Birth | Jamie Oliver, Welsh keyboardist | Jamie Oliver Quotes |
| July 16th, 1974 (July 16 1974) | Birth | Jeremy Enigk, American singer/songwriter and guitarist (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft) | |
| July 16th, 1974 (July 16 1974) | Birth | Chris Pontius, American actor and Jackass cast member | |
| July 16th, 1974 (July 16 1974) | Birth | Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby league and union footballer | |
| July 16th, 1973 (July 16 1973) | Event | Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially-incriminating conversations. | |
| July 16th, 1973 (July 16 1973) | Birth | Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist | |
| July 16th, 1973 (July 16 1973) | Birth | Shaun Pollock, South African cricketer | |
| July 16th, 1973 (July 16 1973) | Birth | Tim Ryan, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1973 (July 16 1973) | Birth | Graham Robertson, American filmmaker and author | |
| July 16th, 1971 (July 16 1971) | Birth | Edward Kowalczyk, American singer (Live) | |
| July 16th, 1971 (July 16 1971) | Birth | Corey Feldman, American actor | |
| July 16th, 1970 (July 16 1970) | Birth | Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director | |
| July 16th, 1969 (July 16 1969) | Event | Apollo program: Apollo 11 is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida and will become the first manned space mission to land on the moon. | |
| July 16th, 1969 (July 16 1969) | Birth | Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netballer | |
| July 16th, 1969 (July 16 1969) | Birth | Daryl Mitchell, American actor | |
| July 16th, 1969 (July 16 1969) | Birth | Rain Pryor, American actress | |
| July 16th, 1968 (July 16 1968) | Birth | Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player | |
| July 16th, 1968 (July 16 1968) | Birth | Barry Sanders, American football player | |
| July 16th, 1968 (July 16 1968) | Birth | Larry Sanger, American co-founder of Wikipedia | Larry Sanger Quotes |
| July 16th, 1967 (July 16 1967) | Birth | Will Ferrell, American comedian | Will Ferrell Quotes |
| July 16th, 1967 (July 16 1967) | Birth | Christopher Rocancourt, French con artist | |
| July 16th, 1966 (July 16 1966) | Birth | Johnny Vaughan, English writer and broadcaster | |
| July 16th, 1965 (July 16 1965) | Event | The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France with Italy opens. | |
| July 16th, 1965 (July 16 1965) | Birth | Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 16th, 1965 (July 16 1965) | Birth | Tina Tyler, Canadian porn star | |
| July 16th, 1964 (July 16 1964) | Birth | Phil Hellmuth, American poker player | |
| July 16th, 1964 (July 16 1964) | Birth | Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist | |
| July 16th, 1963 (July 16 1963) | Birth | Phoebe Cates, American actress | |
| July 16th, 1963 (July 16 1963) | Birth | Srecko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach | |
| July 16th, 1960 (July 16 1960) | Birth | Terry Pendleton, American baseball player | |
| July 16th, 1960 (July 16 1960) | Death | Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (born in 1881) | Albert Kesselring Quotes |
| July 16th, 1960 (July 16 1960) | Death | John P. Marquand, American novelist (born in 1893) | |
| July 16th, 1959 (July 16 1959) | Birth | Gary Anderson, American football player | |
| July 16th, 1959 (July 16 1959) | Birth | Doug Herzog, American television executive | |
| July 16th, 1958 (July 16 1958) | Birth | Michael Flatley, Irish-born American dancer | |
| July 16th, 1958 (July 16 1958) | Birth | Pierre Roland Renoir, Canadian artist | |
| July 16th, 1958 (July 16 1958) | Birth | Mike D. Rogers, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1957 (July 16 1957) | Event | United States Marine Major John Glenn flies a F8U Crusader supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record. | John Major Quotes |
| July 16th, 1957 (July 16 1957) | Birth | Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer | |
| July 16th, 1956 (July 16 1956) | Birth | Jerry Doyle, American actor | |
| July 16th, 1956 (July 16 1956) | Birth | Tony Kushner, American playwright | |
| July 16th, 1955 (July 16 1955) | Event | Original Disneyland park opens in Anaheim, California | |
| July 16th, 1954 (July 16 1954) | Birth | Jeanette Mott Oxford, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1953 (July 16 1953) | Birth | Douglas J. Feith, American Under Secretary of Defense for Policy | |
| July 16th, 1953 (July 16 1953) | Death | Hilaire Belloc, English writer (born in 1870) | Hilaire Belloc Quotes |
| July 16th, 1952 (July 16 1952) | Birth | Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police) | Stewart Copeland Quotes |
| July 16th, 1952 (July 16 1952) | Birth | Robert David Steele, American spy | |
| July 16th, 1951 (July 16 1951) | Event | King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. | |
| July 16th, 1951 (July 16 1951) | Birth | Jean-Luc Mongrain, French-Canadian journalist | |
| July 16th, 1950 (July 16 1950) | Event | Uruguay win the 1950 FIFA World Cup, beating hosts Brazil 2-1 in what is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in sporting history. | |
| July 16th, 1950 (July 16 1950) | Birth | Pierre Paradis, Quebec politician | |
| July 16th, 1950 (July 16 1950) | Birth | Dennis Priestley, English darts player | |
| July 16th, 1950 (July 16 1950) | Birth | Tom Terrell, musicologist, deejay | |
| July 16th, 1949 (July 16 1949) | Death | Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (born in 1866) | |
| July 16th, 1948 (July 16 1948) | Event | The city of Nazareth, hometown of Jesus, capitulated to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel led by Ben Dunkelman, after little more than token resistance, during 1948 Arab-Israeli War. | |
| July 16th, 1948 (July 16 1948) | Birth | Ruben Blades, Panamanian singer and actor | |
| July 16th, 1948 (July 16 1948) | Birth | Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist | |
| July 16th, 1947 (July 16 1947) | Birth | Alexis Herman, 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor | |
| July 16th, 1947 (July 16 1947) | Birth | Assata Shakur, American activist | |
| July 16th, 1947 (July 16 1947) | Death | Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian (exact date of death uncertain) (born in 1912) | |
| July 16th, 1946 (July 16 1946) | Birth | Barbara Lee, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1946 (July 16 1946) | Birth | Richard LeParmentier, American actor | |
| July 16th, 1946 (July 16 1946) | Birth | Ron Yary, American football player | |
| July 16th, 1945 (July 16 1945) | Event | Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon at the Trinity site near Alamogordo, New Mexico. | |
| July 16th, 1943 (July 16 1943) | Birth | Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet (died in 1990) | |
| July 16th, 1942 (July 16 1942) | Event | Holocaust: Rafle du Vel d Hiv: The Vichy France government orders French police officers to round up 13,000-20,000 Jews and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome. In 1995, president Jacques Chirac officially recognizes the French police s responsibility. | |
| July 16th, 1942 (July 16 1942) | Birth | Margaret Court, Australian tennis player | |
| July 16th, 1941 (July 16 1941) | Event | New York Yankees Joe DiMaggio gets a hit in his 56th consecutive game. | |
| July 16th, 1941 (July 16 1941) | Birth | Desmond Dekker, Jamaican musician (died in 2006) | |
| July 16th, 1941 (July 16 1941) | Birth | Miso Kovac, Croatian musician | |
| July 16th, 1939 (July 16 1939) | Birth | Corin Redgrave, English actor | |
| July 16th, 1939 (July 16 1939) | Birth | Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (died in 1995) | |
| July 16th, 1938 (July 16 1938) | Birth | Tony Jackson, English bass player (The Searchers) (died in 2003) | |
| July 16th, 1937 (July 16 1937) | Birth | Richard Bryan, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1936 (July 16 1936) | Birth | Buddy Merrill, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show) | |
| July 16th, 1934 (July 16 1934) | Birth | Don Payne, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1932 (July 16 1932) | Birth | Max McGee, American football player (died in 2007) | |
| July 16th, 1932 (July 16 1932) | Birth | Dick Thornburgh, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1931 (July 16 1931) | Event | Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia. | |
| July 16th, 1930 (July 16 1930) | Birth | Michael Bilirakis, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1930 (July 16 1930) | Birth | Guy Beart, Egyptian-born French singer and songwriter | |
| July 16th, 1928 (July 16 1928) | Birth | Anita Brookner, English novelist | |
| July 16th, 1928 (July 16 1928) | Birth | Robert Sheckley, American author (died in 2005) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| July 16th, 1928 (July 16 1928) | Birth | David C. Treen, American politician | |
| July 16th, 1928 (July 16 1928) | Birth | Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (died in 1993) | |
| July 16th, 1926 (July 16 1926) | Birth | Irwin Rose, American biologist, Nobel laureate | |
| July 16th, 1925 (July 16 1925) | Birth | Cal Tjader, American musician (died in 1982) | |
| July 16th, 1924 (July 16 1924) | Birth | Bess Myerson, American beauty queen | |
| July 16th, 1923 (July 16 1923) | Birth | Chris Argyris, American educator | |
| July 16th, 1919 (July 16 1919) | Birth | Choi Kyuha, President of South Korea (died in 2006) | |
| July 16th, 1919 (July 16 1919) | Birth | Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal (died in 1999) | |
| July 16th, 1918 (July 16 1918) | Birth | Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (died in 1989) | |
| July 16th, 1917 (July 16 1917) | Death | Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (born in 1847) | |
| July 16th, 1916 (July 16 1916) | Death | Ilya Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1845) | |
| July 16th, 1915 (July 16 1915) | Birth | Barnard Hughes, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| July 16th, 1915 (July 16 1915) | Death | Ellen White, American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born in 1827) | |
| July 16th, 1912 (July 16 1912) | Birth | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (died in 2007) | |
| July 16th, 1911 (July 16 1911) | Birth | Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (died in 1995) | |
| July 16th, 1911 (July 16 1911) | Birth | Sonny Tufts, American actor (died in 1970) | |
| July 16th, 1907 (July 16 1907) | Birth | Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (died in 2001) | |
| July 16th, 1907 (July 16 1907) | Birth | Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman (died in 1995) | |
| July 16th, 1907 (July 16 1907) | Birth | Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (died in 1990) | |
| July 16th, 1906 (July 16 1906) | Birth | Vincent Sherman, American film director (died in 2006) | |
| July 16th, 1903 (July 16 1903) | Birth | Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician (died in 1971) | |
| July 16th, 1903 (July 16 1903) | Birth | Mary Philbin, American actress (died in 1993) | |
| July 16th, 1903 (July 16 1903) | Birth | Fritz Bauer, German judge (died in 1968) | |
| July 16th, 1902 (July 16 1902) | Birth | Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist (died in 1977) | |
| July 16th, 1896 (July 16 1896) | Birth | Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (died in 1968) | |
| July 16th, 1896 (July 16 1896) | Birth | Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (died in 1969) | |
| July 16th, 1896 (July 16 1896) | Birth | Evelyn Preer, American actress (died in 1932) | |
| July 16th, 1896 (July 16 1896) | Death | Edmond Goncourt, French writer and critic (born in 1822) | |
| July 16th, 1889 (July 16 1889) | Birth | Larry Semon, American comedian (died in 1928) | |
| July 16th, 1888 (July 16 1888) | Birth | Percy Kilbride, American actor (died in 1964) | |
| July 16th, 1888 (July 16 1888) | Birth | Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1966) | |
| July 16th, 1888 (July 16 1888) | Birth | "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, American baseball player (died in 1951) | |
| July 16th, 1886 (July 16 1886) | Death | Ned Buntline, American pulp novelist (born in 1823) | |
| July 16th, 1884 (July 16 1884) | Birth | Anna Vyrubova, Russian memoirist (died in 1964) | |
| July 16th, 1883 (July 16 1883) | Birth | Charles Sheeler, American photographer and artist (died in 1965) | |
| July 16th, 1882 (July 16 1882) | Death | Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (born in 1818) | |
| July 16th, 1880 (July 16 1880) | Event | Dr. Emily Howard Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada. | |
| July 16th, 1879 (July 16 1879) | Death | Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (born in 1800) | |
| July 16th, 1872 (July 16 1872) | Birth | Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (died in 1928) | |
| July 16th, 1870 (July 16 1870) | Birth | Lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (died in 1956) | |
| July 16th, 1862 (July 16 1862) | Event | American Civil War: David G. Farragut becomes the first United States Navy rear admiral. | |
| July 16th, 1862 (July 16 1862) | Birth | Ida B. Wells, American civil rights activist (died in 1931) | |
| July 16th, 1858 (July 16 1858) | Birth | Eugene Ysaye, Belgian violinist (died in 1931) | |
| July 16th, 1831 (July 16 1831) | Death | Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (born in 1763) | |
| July 16th, 1821 (July 16 1821) | Birth | Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader (died in 1910) | |
| July 16th, 1796 (July 16 1796) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (died in 1875) | |
| July 16th, 1796 (July 16 1796) | Death | George Howard, British field marshal (born in 1718) | |
| July 16th, 1790 (July 16 1790) | Event | The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government). | |
| July 16th, 1782 (July 16 1782) | Event | First performance of Mozart s opera The Abduction from the Seraglio. | |
| July 16th, 1770 (July 16 1770) | Death | Francis Cotes, English painter (born in 1726) | |
| July 16th, 1769 (July 16 1769) | Event | Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego de Alcala, the first mission in California. The mission later evolves into the city of San Diego. | |
| July 16th, 1747 (July 16 1747) | Death | Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Italian painter (born in 1665) | |
| July 16th, 1729 (July 16 1729) | Death | Johann David Heinichen, German composer (born in 1683) | |
| July 16th, 1723 (July 16 1723) | Birth | Joshua Reynolds, English painter (died in 1792) | Joshua Reynolds Quotes |
| July 16th, 1722 (July 16 1722) | Birth | Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (died in 1803) | |
| July 16th, 1714 (July 16 1714) | Birth | Marc Rene, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (died in 1800) | |
| July 16th, 1691 (July 16 1691) | Death | Francois-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (born in 1641) | |
| July 16th, 1686 (July 16 1686) | Death | John Pearson, English theologian (born in 1612) | |
| July 16th, 1683 (July 16 1683) | Event | Manchu/Chinese Qing Dynasty naval forces under commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. | |
| July 16th, 1664 (July 16 1664) | Death | Andreas Gryphius, German writer (born in 1616) | |
| July 16th, 1661 (July 16 1661) | Event | The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. | |
| July 16th, 1647 (July 16 1647) | Death | Masaniello, Neapolitan rebel (born in 1622) | |
| July 16th, 1611 (July 16 1611) | Birth | Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (died in 1644) | |
| July 16th, 1594 (July 16 1594) | Death | Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (born in 1558) | Thomas Kyd Quotes |
| July 16th, 1557 (July 16 1557) | Death | Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England (born in 1515) | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| July 16th, 1546 (July 16 1546) | Death | Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (born in 1521) | |
| July 16th, 1486 (July 16 1486) | Birth | Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (died in 1530) | |
| July 16th, 1342 (July 16 1342) | Death | King Charles I of Hungary | |
| July 16th, 1324 (July 16 1324) | Death | Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (born in 1267) | |
| July 16th, 1194 (July 16 1194) | Birth | Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (died in 1253) | Francis of Assisi Quotes |
| July 16th, 1054 (July 16 1054) | Event | Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing an invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on the altar in the Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. This is often dated as the start of the East-West Schism. | |
| July 16th, 0622 (July 16 0622) | Event | The beginning of the Islamic calendar. | |
