16 August In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on August 16, the day number in a year is 229 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 230. August 16 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1513	The Battle of the League of Kambarai-King Henry VIII of England and the allies of this royal empire defeated the French cavalry, who were then forced to force.
1691	Yorktown, Virginia was discovered in the US.
1743	The earliest boxing rules formulated in England.
1777	America defeated Britain in the Battle of Bennington.
1777	Under the leadership of American revolutionary war-Americans, General Johnstark, British and Brearswick soldiers were subjected to Frederick Bome in Brelett, Benington in Wallomosac, New York.
1780	Britain defeated the Americans decisively in the Battle of Camden, South Carolina.
1787	Turkey declared war on Russia (Russo-Turkish War 1787–92).
1819	Fifteen people were killed and 400–700 others were injured, cavalry in a crowd of around 60–80,000, mounted in a crowd, gathered in England's St. Peter Field, Manchester, to demand a reform of immutable representation.
1824	Lafitte visited the United States, departing on September 7, 1825.
1837	The Dutch Bonzol stronghold ended the Paidi war.
1841	The us Chairman John Tyler opposed a bill that went to the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States, rioting members of the outraged White House outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on the White House grounds in American history.
1854	The National Emigration Conference began in Cleveland.
1858	A telegraph message from Queen Victoria of Britain to US President James Bushman was broadcast via Trans Atlantic Cable.
1863	After Spain announced the Republic of Dominican, the rebels picked up the Dominican flag at the Santiago de Los Cabelrows to begin the restoration of the war.
1886	Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev, the great saint and thinker died.
1890	Alexander Clarke, journalist and lawyer, became Liberia's designated minister.
1896	A group led by Scucum Jim Mason discovered gold near Dawsonniti, Yukon, Canada, establishing Clondic Gold Rush.
1900	The second Boer War-A was abandoned 10,000 strong columns that Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small Germanon.
1906	An earthquake of 8.6 magnitude struck the South American country of Chile, killing about twenty thousand people.
1927	Dole air race began; Eight fixed-wing aircraft competed with Toffee from Opland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii, but failed to fly only twice.
1928	The liner SS Bremen was launched in the German Ocean.
1929	The long -standing dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the western western wall in Jerusalam continued during a week -long riots across Palestine.
1931	13 people died in a train collision near Leben, Austria.
1933	Spencer Tracy and Coleen Moore's drama film The Power and the Glory was published.
1946	The Muslim League declared a direct action day, during which around 5000 people were killed and 15,000 were injured in Kolkata during the violence.
1946	As a result of the call of the Muslim League for an independent Pakistan, there was a broader riot and mansab between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Calcutta.
1948	Babe Ruth died at the age of 53.
1954	The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine was published in the United States.
1960	Cyprus gained independence from the United Kingdom. This day is celebrated there as Independence Day.
1960	Joseph Kittinger parachutes over 102,800 feet (31,330 m) in New Mexico, setting records for a high-altitude jump, free-filing height, and fastest speed by a human being from an aircraft.
1962	The Beatles fired drummer Pete Best and replaced Ringo Star (picture).
1970	Goodwill Ambassador Manisha Koirala of the popular Hindi film heroine and UN Population Fund was born.
1977	Rock and roll king Elvis Prisley was found dead in the bathroom of his home.
1977	Elvis Presley, 'The King of Rock and Roll', officially found dead at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Tennessy, as he was found irresponsible on the floor of his Grassscland bathroom.
1987	Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Michigan, killing 156 people.
1987	The Northwest Airlines flight 255 Detroit, Michigan, crashed after takeoff at the US, killing the crew and passengers.
1997	Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died.
2001	Astronomers had found a planet outside the solar system using the Hubble Space Telescope.
2006	The word 'International Astronomical Association' suggests a new meaning of the word 'which is to be voted on 24 August. It will include Charon, Eris and Ceres as planets.
2007	About 200 people in Iran have been convicted of going to an 'illegal rock concert', including alcohol and female singers.
2008	The Abkhazian Army takes control of 13 Georgian villages with the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Union, claims the Georgian army.
2009	The US mainland has been severely affected by the tropical storm, cloudset.
2009	why. E. Yang won the 2009 PGA Championship, the first Asian player to win the men's leading golf championship.
2010	According to United Nations officials, 3.5 million children may suffer from waterborne diseases due to floods in Pakistan.
2011	World Youth Day 2011: Commenced in Madrid by the Catholic Church.
2012	Ecuador gave political asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
2012	Nuclear regulators from nine countries held an emergency meeting in Brussels, which was caused by an unusual fissure in the water reactor vessel found in the basic steel material of Doyle 3.
2014	Governor J Nixon announced an emergency and curfew status in Ferguson city of Missouri due to the earlier riots night.

Event Year	Incident/Event
2011	Indian social activist Anna Hazare has been convicted in New Delhi in exchange for the proposed fast against corruption.
2013	The Indian rupee has come below Rs 62.03 against the US dollar, which is a new time.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1920	Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy / Politician / India
1955	David Dhawan / Actor / India
1957	R. R. Patil / Politician / India
1968	Arvind Kejriwal / Politician / India

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