16 October - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on October 16, the day number in a year is 289 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 290. October 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.
October 16 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 456 | Magister militum Ricimer defeated Emperor Avitus at Piacenza andbecame master of the Western Roman Empire. |
| 1590 | Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo caught his wife having anextramarital affair with Duke Fabrizio Carafa of Andria and killed themboth on the spot. |
| 1710 | British troops captured Port Royal. |
| 1757 | The Austrian army captured Berlin, the capital of Germany. |
| 1757 | Austrian troops occupied Berlin. |
| 1793 | Marie Antoinette, queen consort of Louis XVI, wasguillotined at the Place de la Révolution in Paris at the height of theFrench Revolution. |
| 1793 | War of the First Coalition-Despite leading French forces to victory in the Battle of Wattignies, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was later forcibly discharged from the army due to interference from Lazare Carnot. |
| 1793 | After the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoniette was sentenced to death after a speedy trial. |
| 1834 | Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in afire. |
| 1834 | The Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire. |
| 1841 | The Church of Scotland established Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1848 | 1 American Homoeopathic Medical College opened in Pennsylvania. |
| 1849 | Avery College was founded in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. |
| 1859 | Hoping to start an armed slave revolt, American abolitionistJohn Brown led a raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, WestVirginia. |
| 1861 | The sale of federal postage stamps began. |
| 1869 | Girton College, one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and England's first residential college forwomen, was founded. |
| 1872 | University College Wales (later to become the University of Aberystwyth) began its first academic session. |
| 1905 | Bengal was first partitioned by Lord Curzon. |
| 1917 | The poet Lucknowi was born. His full name was Muhammad Hasan Pasha. |
| 1923 | Roy and Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studioin Hollywood that eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. |
| 1923 | Disney Brothers established Cartoon Studios. |
| 1934 | Surrounded by Kuomintang troops, Zhou Enlai, Bo Gu, and OttoBraun led 130,000 Red Army soldiers and civilians on a 'Long March' from Jiangxi. |
| 1935 | Massachusetts disability horse racing was inaugurated. |
| 1939 | Germany launched the first attack on British territory during World War II. |
| 1940 | World War II-Nazi Governor-General Hans Frank established the Warsaw Ghetto, the largest Jewish ghetto in occupied Poland. |
| 1945 | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in Quebec City, Canada, to lead international efforts to defeat hunger. |
| 1948 | India's famous actress and Bharatanatyam dancer Hema Malini was born. |
| 1951 | The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, was assassinated in Rawalpindi. |
| 1951 | Pakistan's first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was shot dead in Rawalpidi. |
| 1951 | The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liqayat Ali Khan, was assassinated. |
| 1959 | The Boston Patriots AFL American Football Club was established. |
| 1964 | China explodes its first nuclear explosion. |
| 1968 | To protest racism in the United States, African Americanathletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed the Black Power saluteduring a medal ceremony at the Mexico City Summer Olympics. |
| 1968 | Bharatvanshi Hargovind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for medicine and physiology. |
| 1975 | Five journalists for Australian television networks based inthe town of Balibo were killed by Indonesian special force soldiersprior to their invasion of East Timor. |
| 1978 | Karol Józef Wojtyla, a cardinal from Kraków, Poland, became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope since the 16th centuryand the first ever from a Slavic country. |
| 1982 | The Soviet Union conducted underground nuclear tests. |
| 1984 | The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history. |
| 1995 | Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam convened the Million ManMarch in Washington, D.C., in an effort to unite in self-help and self-defense against economic and social ills plaguing the African Americancommunity. |
| 1996 | At least 83 people were killed and more than 140 injured whenan excessive number of fans attempted to squeeze into Guatemala City'sEstadio Mateo Flores to see the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification matchbetween Guatemala and Costa Rica. |
| 1996 | The stampede caused 84 people to die and more than 180 injured as more people reached the stadium during a football match in Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City. |
| 2005 | In the South Thailand rebellion a Buddhist temple is set on fire leading to the death of a Buddhist monk and five other people. |
| 2006 | Russian and American scientists reveal the discovery of a new chemical element with the atomic number 118, temporarily referred to as Ununoctium. |
| 2007 | The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh informs the President of the United States George W. Bush that India is doubtful about signing a pact with the United States regarding civil nuclear cooperation. |
| 2008 | The United States consumer price index remains the same during September as falling costs for gasoline, and new cars helped to balance increasing food and medical expenses. |
| 2009 | The Neues Museum in Berlin has officially reopened after a good 70 years after it was reconstructed and rebuilt. |
| 2010 | On World Food Day, United Nations calls for united front against food shortages, because one billion people are still hungry. |
| 2011 | British Indian Fauja Singh is certified by Guinness World Records as being the oldest person ever to finish a complete marathon at the age of 100 years. |
| 2012 | The CEO of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, resigns from his post, and is instantly superseded by Michael Corbat. |
| 2012 | A new planet 'Alpha Century Bibi' was detected outside the solar system. |
| 2013 | A portion of the Chelyabinsk meteor has been recovered by divers in Russia weighing around 1,255lb, which is one of the hugest meteorite fragments found to date. |
| 2013 | The crash of a Lao Airlines plane killed 49 people shortly before landing at Pakse International Airport in the South East Asian country of Laos. |
| 2014 | U.S. President Barack Obama provides sanction for military reserves to be sent to West Africa if needed, in order to help with the Ebola epidemic. |
Famous Birthdays of October 16:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1931 | Rosa Rosal / Actress / Philippines |
| 1968 | Francesco Libetta / Pianist / Italy |
| 1972 | Adrianne Frost / Actress / United States of America |
| 1969 | Takao Omori / Wrestler / Japan |
| 1938 | Nico / Singer / Germany |
| 1945 | Paul Monette / Poet / United States of America |
| 1952 | Cordell Mosson / Bass Player / United States of America |
| 1959 | Kevin Brennan / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1890 | Maria Goretti / Saint / Italy |
| 1962 | Flea / Writer / United States of America |
| 1802 | Isaac Murphy / Politician / United States of America |
| 1966 | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn / Actress / United States of America |
| 1930 | Carmen Sevilla / Actress / Spain |
| 1932 | Henry Lewis / Conductor / United States of America |
| 1968 | Elsa Zylberstein / Actress / France |
| 1953 | Tony Carey / Writer / United States of America |
| 1982 | Prithviraj Sukumaran / Actor / India |
| 1918 | Louis Althusser / Philosopher / France |
| 1941 | Emma Nicholson / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1966 | Olof Lundh / Journalist / Sweden |
| 1752 | Johann Gottfried Eichhorn / Academic / Germany |
| 1911 | Otto von Bülow / Army Officer / Germany |
| 1904 | Björn Berglund / Actor / Sweden |
| 1890 | Michael Collins / Politician / Ireland |
| 1931 | Valery Klimov / Educator / Russia |
| 1863 | Austen Chamberlain / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1888 | Eugene O'Neill / Playwright / United States of America |
| 1973 | David Unsworth / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1884 | Rembrandt Bugatti / Sculptor / Italy |
| 1941 | Tim McCarver / Baseball Player / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 16 अक्टूबर की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं