September 16 in History – What happened on 16 September in Past

✅ Published on September 16th, 2021 in September in History

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
1916	Frank Farrell / Rugby Player / Australia
1958	Orel Hershiser / Baseball Player / United States of America
1959	Tim Raines / Baseball Player / United States of America
1915	Cy Walter / Pianist / United States of America
1987	Travis Wall / Dancer / United States of America
1992	Jake Roche / Actor / United Kingdom
1928	Lady Gwen Thompson / Author / United Kingdom
1955	Robin Yount / Baseball Player / United States of America
1964	Mary Coustas / Writer / Australia
1979	Fanny / Singer / France
1982	Fiete Sykora / Footballer / Germany
1974	Monique Brumby / Writer / Australia
1958	Jennifer Tilly / Actress / United States of America
1943	Wang Houjun / Footballer / China
1905	Vladimír Holan / Poet / Czech Republic
1919	Andy Russell / Actor / United States of America
1916	M. S. Subbulakshmi / Singer / India
1978	Dan Dickau / Basketball Player / United States of America
1973	George Corrie / Footballer / United Kingdom
1926	John Knowles / Novelist / United States of America
1951	Vince Bell / Writer / United States of America
1984	Katie Melua / Writer / United Kingdom
1985	Max Minghella / Actor / United Kingdom
1859	Yuan Shikai / Politician / China
1983	Katerine Avgoustakis / Pianist / Belgium
1891	Karl Dönitz / Politician / Germany
1981	Alexis Bledel / Actress / United States of America
1898	H. A. Rey / Author / United States of America
1897	Milt Franklyn / Composer / United States of America
1893	Albert Szent-Györgyi / Biochemist / United States of America

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