On May 16, history records 40 notable events, 186 famous births and 83 deaths, spanning the years 218 to 1811.
Events on this day include: Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus. She declares her 14-year-old grandson... (218); Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. (946).
Notable people born on May 16 include John II of Cyprus (1418), Wolfgang I of Oettingen (1455), Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1542).
Notable figures who died on this day include Emperor Wu of Jin (290), Qian Kuan (895), Meng Hanqiong (934).
Events on 16 May 40
See all →Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus. She declares her 14-year-old grandson Elagabalus to be emperor of Rome. Macrinus is later deposed.
Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
A 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
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.
Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
Birthdays on 16 May 186
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Deaths on 16 May 83
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