On September 16, history records 45 notable events, 260 famous births and 95 deaths, spanning the years 307 to 1880.
Events on this day include: Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy. (307); Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. (1400).
Notable people born on September 16 include Emperor Yuan of Liang (508), Elizabeth de Clare (1295), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462).
Notable figures who died on this day include Flavius Valerius Severus (307), Pope Martin I (656), Pope Victor III (1087).
Events on 16 September 45
See all →Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
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Birthdays on 16 September 260
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Deaths on 16 September 95
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