16 September - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on September 16, the day number in a year is 259 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 260. September 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.
September 16 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1400 | Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales and instigated arevolt against the rule of Henry IV of England. |
| 1702 | John Churchill was forced to surrender Venlo on the River Meuse. |
| 1725 | Treaty of Hanover; Signed between Great Britain, France and Prussia. |
| 1729 | William K. H. Friso was made Viceroy of the city of Groningen. |
| 1747 | French troops captured Zoom and Bergen. |
| 1776 | American Revolutionary War-On hearing the British troops sounding their bugles as if it were a fox hunt, the American colonistsheld their ground and achieved a victory at the Battle of Harlem Heightsin present-day New York City. |
| 1782 | The Great Seal of the United States was used for the first time. |
| 1795 | British forces captured Cape Town from the Netherlands. |
| 1810 | Mexico achieves independence from Spain after 300 years of Spanish Colonial Rule. |
| 1810 | Miguel Hidalgo, the parish priest in Dolores, Guanajuato,delivered the Grito de Dolores to his congregation, instigating the Mexican War of Independence against Spain. |
| 1821 | Mexico's independence was recognized. |
| 1824 | Charles succeeded his brother Louis XVIII as the king of tenth France. |
| 1840 | Hand-drawn works and papers relating to the Joseph Strud Derby Arboretum), which became England's first public park. |
| 1848 | France, based in Western Europe, abolished slavery in all its colonies. |
| 1861 | Savings Bank opened in British Post Office. |
| 1892 | The first woman took admission to Yale University to graduate. |
| 1906 | Roald Emundson of Norway discovered the magnetic south pole. |
| 1908 | William Crepo Billy founded the automobile manufacturer General Motors. |
| 1916 | Classical singer and actress MS awarded the Bharat Ratna, the country's largest civilian honor. Subbalakshmi was born. |
| 1920 | A bomb rocked Wall Street killing 38 people and wounded over 400. The mystery was never solved but it was widely believe to be the work of radical anarchists. |
| 1920 | A bomb in a horse wagon exploded in frontof the J. P. Morgan building in New York City, killing 38 people andinjuring 400 others. |
| 1932 | Mahatma Gandhi commences his hunger strike in attempts to abolish the new Birtish Caste Separation Laws. |
| 1940 | World War II-Italy captured the town of Sidi Barrani, buttheir invasion of Egypt progressed no further. |
| 1941 | Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran was forced to abdicate in favour ofhis son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. |
| 1947 | 1,930 people were killed by cyclone Kathleen in Saitama, Japan's capital. |
| 1956 | Television broadcasting began in Australia. |
| 1959 | Haloid Xerox introduced the Xerox 914, the first modernphotocopier, invented by American physicist Chester Carlson. |
| 1961 | The United States' National Hurricane Research Project soughtto weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading tothe establishment of Project Stormfury. |
| 1963 | Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (present-day Sabah), andSarawak merged to form Malaysia. |
| 1966 | In South Vietnam, Thich Tri Quang ended a 100-day hunger strike. |
| 1967 | The Soviet Union conducted a nuclear test in eastern Kazakh. |
| 1975 | Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia. |
| 1975 | Australia liberated Papua New Guinea. |
| 1978 | A 7.7 Magnitude earthquake rocks Tabas, Iran. It killed more than 20,000 people and flattened the town to the ground. Rescue operations are in process in the hope of finding survivors who are buried under debris but may still be alive. |
| 1978 | The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Tabar, Iran, killed 25,000 people. |
| 1978 | General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq officially assumed the presidency of Pakistan. |
| 1986 | 177 people died after being trapped in a gold mine in South Africa. |
| 1987 | The Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed toprotect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of a number ofsubstances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion, opened forsignature. |
| 1990 | Construction of the Northern Xinjiang Railway was completed between Ürümqi and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China andKazakhstan, and adding a sizable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge. |
| 1994 | Britain banned the transmission of Northern Ireland to Sinn Féin and paramilitary groups. |
| 1997 | Steve Jobs returns to Apple Computers, which he had founded to temporarily run the company during a search for a permanent leader. |
| 2003 | The Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at the current 45-year low of 1% as the core inflation is at a 37 year low of 1.3%. |
| 2005 | Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan, has provoked an outrage amongst the people by stating that rape victims in Pakistan are part of a 'money making concern'. |
| 2006 | The Fourteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit ended in Havana, Cuba. |
| 2007 | The plane crashed in Thailand killing 89 people. |
| 2010 | Poverty rates in the United States hit a 15-year high of 14.3 percent which is equivalent to about 43.6 million people. |
| 2011 | NASA scientists excitedly announce the discovery of a circum-binary planet. A planet that orbits two stars instead of one. |
| 2014 | Russian Tycoon and billionaire VladmirYevtushenkov is placed under house arrest for alleged money laundering. |
| 2014 | The Islamic State waged war against Syrian Kurdish fighters. |
Famous Birthdays of September 16:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1939 | Breyten Breytenbach / Poet / South Africa |
| 1883 | T. E. Hulme / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1987 | Burry Stander / Cyclist / South Africa |
| 1923 | Lee Kuan Yew / Politician / Singapore |
| 1881 | Clive Bell / Philosopher / United Kingdom |
| 1924 | Lauren Bacall / Actress / United States of America |
| 1984 | Serginho Catarinense / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1976 | Elīna Garanča / Soprano / Latvia |
| 1957 | Norman Lamb / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1950 | David Bellamy / Writer / United States of America |
| 1880 | Alfred Noyes / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1722 | Gabriel Christie / General / Scotland |
| 1983 | John Afoa / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1915 | Cy Walter / Pianist / United States of America |
| 1975 | Jason Leffler / Racing Car Driver / United States of America |
| 1987 | Merve Boluğur / Actress / Turkey |
| 1992 | Jake Roche / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1959 | Tim Raines / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1957 | Anca Parghel / Pianist / Romania |
| 1925 | Charlie Byrd / Singer / United States of America |
| 1930 | Anne Francis / Actress / United States of America |
| 1895 | Zainal Abidin Ahmad / Author / Malaysia |
| 1948 | Julia Donaldson / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1961 | Annamária Szalai / Journalist / Hungary |
| 1977 | Musiq Soulchild / Writer / United States of America |
| 1897 | Milt Franklyn / Composer / United States of America |
| 1934 | Dick Heckstall-Smith / Saxophonist / United Kingdom |
| 1973 | Alexander Vinokourov / Cyclist / Kazakhstan |
| 1954 | William McKeen / Author / United States of America |
| 1893 | Albert Szent-Györgyi / Biochemist / United States of America |
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