Events on 16 January 43
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General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.
Year 550
Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
Year 1120
The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Year 1362
A storm tide in the North Sea ravages the East coast of England and destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
Year 1492
The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
Year 1572
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 7
Birthdays on 16 January 199
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Emperor Shengzong of Liao
b. 972 – d. 1031
Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1031)
Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I)
b. 1093 – d. 1152
Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (d. 1152)
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Edmund Crouchback
b. 1245 – d. 1296
Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1245)
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland
b. 1362 – d. 1392
Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland (d. 1392)
René of Anjou
b. 1409 – d. 1480
René of Anjou (b. 1410)
Johannes Schöner
b. 1477 – d. 1547
Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
Anthony Denny
b. 1501 – d. 1549
Anthony Denny, English politician (b. 1501)
Bayinnaung
b. 1516 – d. 1581
Bayinnaung, king of Burma (d. 1581)
Jakobea of Baden
b. 1558 – d. 1597
Jakobea of Baden, Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage (d. 1597)
François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort
b. 1616 – d. 1669
François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)
Lucas Achtschellinck
b. 1626 – d. 1699
Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
Guru Har Rai
b. 1630 – d. 1661
Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)
Deaths on 16 January 104
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Gao Jifu
d. 654 (b. 596)
Gao Jifu, Chinese politician and chancellor (b. 596)
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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i
d. 957 (b. 871)
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i, Tulunid vizier (b. 871)
Polyeuctus of Constantinople
d. 970 (b. 956)
Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (b. 956)
Shinran
d. 1263
Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism
Buqa
d. 1289
Buqa, Mongol minister
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Nikephoros Choumnos
d. 1327 (b. 1250)
Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (b. 1250)
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Joanna of Châtillon
d. 1354
Joanna of Châtillon, duchess of Athens (b. c.1285)
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
d. 1373 (b. 1342)
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (b. 1342)
Muhammed V of Granada
d. 1391 (b. 1338)
Muhammed V of Granada, Nasrid emir (b. 1338)
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John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter
d. 1400 (b. 1352)
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (b. c. 1352)
Erasmo of Narni
d. 1443 (b. 1370)
Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (b. 1370)
George Spalatin
d. 1545 (b. 1484)
George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (d. 1545)