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| August 16th, 2007 (August 16 2007) | Death | Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (born in 1924) | |
| August 16th, 2007 (August 16 2007) | Death | Bahaedin Adab, Iranian MP (born in 1945) | |
| August 16th, 2007 (August 16 2007) | Death | The Missing Link, professional wrestler (born in 1939) | |
| August 16th, 2006 (August 16 2006) | Death | Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (born in 1944) | |
| August 16th, 2006 (August 16 2006) | Death | Herschel Green, American pilot (born in 1920) | |
| August 16th, 2006 (August 16 2006) | Death | Jon Nodtveidt, Swedish musician (born in 1975) | |
| August 16th, 2006 (August 16 2006) | Death | Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (born in 1912) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Event | West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing the 160 aboard. | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Joe Ranft, American animator (born in 1960) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Frere Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (born in 1915) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Vassar Clements, American musician (born in 1928) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | William Corlett, English children s writer(born in 1938) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (born in 1943) | |
| August 16th, 2004 (August 16 2004) | Death | Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey coach (born in 1950) | |
| August 16th, 2004 (August 16 2004) | Death | Carl Mydans, American photographer (born in 1907) | |
| August 16th, 2004 (August 16 2004) | Death | Robert Quiroga, American boxer (born in 1969) | |
| August 16th, 2003 (August 16 2003) | Event | U.S. Representative from South Dakota Bill Janklow hits and kills a motorcyclist with his car at a rural intersection near Trent, South Dakota; he will eventually be convicted of manslaughter and will resign from Congress. | |
| August 16th, 2003 (August 16 2003) | Death | Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (born in 1928) | Idi Amin Quotes |
| August 16th, 2002 (August 16 2002) | Death | Jeff Corey, American actor (born in 1914) | |
| August 16th, 2002 (August 16 2002) | Death | Abu Nidal, Palestinian political leader (born in 1937) | |
| August 16th, 2002 (August 16 2002) | Death | John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (born in 1933) | |
| August 16th, 1999 (August 16 1999) | Death | Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (born in 1914) | |
| August 16th, 1997 (August 16 1997) | Death | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (born in 1948) | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Quotes |
| August 16th, 1997 (August 16 1997) | Death | Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (born in 1915) | |
| August 16th, 1995 (August 16 1995) | Death | J.P. McCarthy, American radio personality (born in 1933) | |
| August 16th, 1993 (August 16 1993) | Event | The Debian distribution was first announced by Ian Murdock, then a student at Purdue University. Murdock initially called his system the "Debian Linux Release" | |
| August 16th, 1993 (August 16 1993) | Death | Stewart Granger, British film actor (born in 1913) | |
| August 16th, 1992 (August 16 1992) | Event | In response to an appeal by President Fernando Collor de Mello to wear green and yellow as a way to show support for him, thousands of Brazilians take to the streets dressed in black. | |
| August 16th, 1991 (August 16 1991) | Birth | Evanna Lynch, Irish actress | |
| August 16th, 1991 (August 16 1991) | Birth | Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Canadian actress | |
| August 16th, 1991 (August 16 1991) | Death | Shamu, One of the famous whales that star at SeaWorld (born in 1975) | |
| August 16th, 1991 (August 16 1991) | Death | Luigi Zampa, Italian film director (born in 1905) | |
| August 16th, 1990 (August 16 1990) | Death | Pat O Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (born in 1925) | |
| August 16th, 1989 (August 16 1989) | Event | A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto s stock market. | |
| August 16th, 1989 (August 16 1989) | Death | Amanda Blake, American actress (born in 1929) | |
| August 16th, 1988 (August 16 1988) | Birth | Kevin Schmidt, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1988 (August 16 1988) | Birth | Rumer Willis, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1988 (August 16 1988) | Birth | Amandah Wilkinson, Australian musician | |
| August 16th, 1987 (August 16 1987) | Event | A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes on take-off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan (Detroit), killing 155 passengers and crew. The sole survivor is four-year-old Cecelia Cichan. | |
| August 16th, 1987 (August 16 1987) | Birth | Kyal Marsh, Australian actor | |
| August 16th, 1986 (August 16 1986) | Birth | Shawn Pyfrom, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1986 (August 16 1986) | Death | Jaime Saenz, Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer (born in 1921) | |
| August 16th, 1985 (August 16 1985) | Birth | Agnes Bruckner, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1983 (August 16 1983) | Birth | Colin Griffiths, English TV presenter and DJ | |
| August 16th, 1983 (August 16 1983) | Birth | Nikos Zisis, Greek basketball player | |
| August 16th, 1983 (August 16 1983) | Birth | Colt Brennan, University of Hawai i Quarterback | |
| August 16th, 1983 (August 16 1983) | Death | Earl Averill, American baseball player (born in 1902) | |
| August 16th, 1982 (August 16 1982) | Birth | Joleon Lescott, English footballer | |
| August 16th, 1981 (August 16 1981) | Birth | Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer | |
| August 16th, 1981 (August 16 1981) | Birth | Taylor Rain, American pornographic actress | |
| August 16th, 1980 (August 16 1980) | Birth | Vanessa Carlton, American singer/songwriter | |
| August 16th, 1980 (August 16 1980) | Birth | Robert Hardy, English bassist (Franz Ferdinand) | |
| August 16th, 1979 (August 16 1979) | Birth | Monder Rizki, Belgian athlete | |
| August 16th, 1979 (August 16 1979) | Birth | Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach | |
| August 16th, 1979 (August 16 1979) | Death | John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (born in 1895) | |
| August 16th, 1978 (August 16 1978) | Birth | Eddie Gill, American basketball player | Eric Gill Quotes |
| August 16th, 1978 (August 16 1978) | Birth | Fu Mingxia, Chinese female diver | |
| August 16th, 1978 (August 16 1978) | Death | Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (born in 1888) | |
| August 16th, 1977 (August 16 1977) | Birth | Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor | |
| August 16th, 1977 (August 16 1977) | Death | Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (born in 1935) | Elvis Presley Quotes |
| August 16th, 1976 (August 16 1976) | Birth | Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer | |
| August 16th, 1976 (August 16 1976) | Birth | Dave Ockun, American concert producer | Dave Ockun Quotes |
| August 16th, 1975 (August 16 1975) | Birth | Didier Agathe, French footballer | |
| August 16th, 1975 (August 16 1975) | Birth | George Stults, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1975 (August 16 1975) | Death | Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-born runner (born in 1927) | |
| August 16th, 1974 (August 16 1974) | Birth | Roger Cedeno, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| August 16th, 1974 (August 16 1974) | Birth | Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer | |
| August 16th, 1974 (August 16 1974) | Birth | Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer | |
| August 16th, 1974 (August 16 1974) | Birth | Ivan Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| August 16th, 1973 (August 16 1973) | Birth | Damian Jackson, American baseball player | |
| August 16th, 1973 (August 16 1973) | Death | Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1888) | |
| August 16th, 1972 (August 16 1972) | Event | The Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon, in an unsuccessful coup d etat attempt, Hassan II of Morocco s plane while he is traveling back to Rabat. | |
| August 16th, 1972 (August 16 1972) | Birth | Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer | |
| August 16th, 1972 (August 16 1972) | Birth | Emily Robison, American country singer, instrumentalist and songwriter (Dixie Chicks) | |
| August 16th, 1972 (August 16 1972) | Death | Pierre Brasseur, French actor (born in 1905) | |
| August 16th, 1971 (August 16 1971) | Birth | Rulon Gardner, American Greco-Roman wrestler | |
| August 16th, 1971 (August 16 1971) | Birth | Stefan Klos, German footballer | |
| August 16th, 1971 (August 16 1971) | Death | Spyros Skouras, Greek-American movie executive, chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox (born in 1893) | |
| August 16th, 1970 (August 16 1970) | Birth | Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster | |
| August 16th, 1970 (August 16 1970) | Birth | Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (died in 1995) | |
| August 16th, 1970 (August 16 1970) | Birth | Killah Priest, American rapper | |
| August 16th, 1970 (August 16 1970) | Birth | Manisha Koirala, Indian actress | |
| August 16th, 1970 (August 16 1970) | Birth | Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor | |
| August 16th, 1968 (August 16 1968) | Birth | Mateja Svet, Slovenian alpine skier | |
| August 16th, 1967 (August 16 1967) | Birth | Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish television personality | |
| August 16th, 1967 (August 16 1967) | Birth | Pamela Smart, American convicted murderess | |
| August 16th, 1966 (August 16 1966) | Event | Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested. | |
| August 16th, 1966 (August 16 1966) | Birth | Barry Lather, American choreographer, musician and actor | |
| August 16th, 1964 (August 16 1964) | Event | Vietnam War: A coup d etat replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy. | |
| August 16th, 1964 (August 16 1964) | Birth | Jimmy Arias, American tennis player | |
| August 16th, 1962 (August 16 1962) | Event | Pete Best replaced by Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) as drummer for The Beatles. | Ringo Starr Quotes |
| August 16th, 1962 (August 16 1962) | Birth | Steve Carell, American actor and comedian | |
| August 16th, 1961 (August 16 1961) | Birth | Christian Okoye, former American football player | |
| August 16th, 1961 (August 16 1961) | Death | Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (born in 1870) | |
| August 16th, 1960 (August 16 1960) | Event | Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| August 16th, 1960 (August 16 1960) | Event | Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft. | |
| August 16th, 1960 (August 16 1960) | Birth | Timothy Hutton, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1959 (August 16 1959) | Birth | Laura Innes, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1959 (August 16 1959) | Death | Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (born in 1879) | |
| August 16th, 1958 (August 16 1958) | Birth | Angela Bassett, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1958 (August 16 1958) | Birth | Madonna, American singer and actress | |
| August 16th, 1958 (August 16 1958) | Birth | Jose Luis Clerc, Argentine tennis player | |
| August 16th, 1957 (August 16 1957) | Birth | Tim Farriss, Australian musician (INXS) | |
| August 16th, 1957 (August 16 1957) | Death | Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1881) | |
| August 16th, 1956 (August 16 1956) | Birth | Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist | |
| August 16th, 1956 (August 16 1956) | Death | Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor (born in 1882) | Bela Lugosi Quotes |
| August 16th, 1954 (August 16 1954) | Birth | James Cameron, Canadian film director | James Cameron Quotes |
| August 16th, 1953 (August 16 1953) | Birth | Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress | |
| August 16th, 1953 (August 16 1953) | Birth | James "J.T." Taylor, American singer (Kool & The Gang) | |
| August 16th, 1952 (August 16 1952) | Birth | Reginald VelJohnson, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1952 (August 16 1952) | Death | Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (born in 1866) | |
| August 16th, 1951 (August 16 1951) | Birth | Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (died in 1992) | |
| August 16th, 1951 (August 16 1951) | Death | Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (born in 1887) | |
| August 16th, 1950 (August 16 1950) | Birth | Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian athlete | |
| August 16th, 1950 (August 16 1950) | Birth | Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor | |
| August 16th, 1950 (August 16 1950) | Birth | Stockwell Day, Canadian politician | |
| August 16th, 1950 (August 16 1950) | Birth | Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer | |
| August 16th, 1949 (August 16 1949) | Birth | Scott Asheton, American musician (The Stooges) | |
| August 16th, 1949 (August 16 1949) | Death | Margaret Mitchell, American novelist (born in 1900) | |
| August 16th, 1948 (August 16 1948) | Birth | Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player | |
| August 16th, 1948 (August 16 1948) | Birth | Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher | |
| August 16th, 1948 (August 16 1948) | Death | Babe Ruth, American baseball player (born in 1895) | Babe Ruth Quotes |
| August 16th, 1947 (August 16 1947) | Birth | Carol Moseley Braun, American politician and lawyer | Carol Moseley Braun Quotes |
| August 16th, 1947 (August 16 1947) | Birth | Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer | |
| August 16th, 1947 (August 16 1947) | Birth | Marc Messier, Canadian actor | |
| August 16th, 1946 (August 16 1946) | Event | The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is established, and Ichiro Ishikawa is appointed its representative. | |
| August 16th, 1946 (August 16 1946) | Birth | Massoud Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician | |
| August 16th, 1946 (August 16 1946) | Birth | Lesley Ann Warren, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1946 (August 16 1946) | Birth | Dick Murdoch, American professional wrestler (died in 1996) | |
| August 16th, 1945 (August 16 1945) | Event | An assassination attempt was made on Japan s prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki. | |
| August 16th, 1945 (August 16 1945) | Event | Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops. | |
| August 16th, 1945 (August 16 1945) | Birth | Suzanne Farrell, ballet dancer | |
| August 16th, 1944 (August 16 1944) | Event | First flight of the Junkers Ju 287. | |
| August 16th, 1942 (August 16 1942) | Event | World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California. | |
| August 16th, 1942 (August 16 1942) | Birth | Barbara George, American singer and songwriter (died in 2006) | |
| August 16th, 1941 (August 16 1941) | Event | HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England. | |
| August 16th, 1940 (August 16 1940) | Event | World War II: The Communist Party is banned in German-occupied Norway. | |
| August 16th, 1940 (August 16 1940) | Birth | Bruce Beresford, Australian film director | |
| August 16th, 1939 (August 16 1939) | Birth | Sir Trevor Mcdonald, Trinidadian-born British television newsreader | |
| August 16th, 1938 (August 16 1938) | Death | Robert Johnson, American blues singer and guitarist (born in 1911) | |
| August 16th, 1938 (August 16 1938) | Death | Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (born in 1864) | |
| August 16th, 1937 (August 16 1937) | Birth | David Anderson, Canadian politician | |
| August 16th, 1935 (August 16 1935) | Birth | Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach | |
| August 16th, 1935 (August 16 1935) | Birth | Cliff Fletcher, Canadian National Hockey League executive | |
| August 16th, 1934 (August 16 1934) | Birth | Diana Wynne Jones, British author | Diana Wynne Jones Quotes |
| August 16th, 1934 (August 16 1934) | Birth | Ketty Lester, American singer | |
| August 16th, 1934 (August 16 1934) | Birth | Pierre Richard, French actor | |
| August 16th, 1933 (August 16 1933) | Birth | Julie Newmar, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1933 (August 16 1933) | Birth | Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (died in 1994) | |
| August 16th, 1931 (August 16 1931) | Birth | Eydie Gorme, American singer | |
| August 16th, 1930 (August 16 1930) | Event | The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks. | |
| August 16th, 1930 (August 16 1930) | Birth | Robert Culp, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1930 (August 16 1930) | Birth | Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer | |
| August 16th, 1930 (August 16 1930) | Birth | Tony Trabert, American former tennis player | |
| August 16th, 1929 (August 16 1929) | Birth | Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (died in 1980) | Evans Quotes |
| August 16th, 1929 (August 16 1929) | Birth | Helmut Rahn, German footballer (died in 2003) | |
| August 16th, 1929 (August 16 1929) | Birth | Wyatt Tee Walker, American 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist | |
| August 16th, 1929 (August 16 1929) | Birth | Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (died in 1997) | |
| August 16th, 1928 (August 16 1928) | Birth | Ann Blyth, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1925 (August 16 1925) | Birth | Willie Jones, American baseball player (died in 1983) | |
| August 16th, 1924 (August 16 1924) | Birth | Fess Parker, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1923 (August 16 1923) | Birth | Millor Fernandes, Brazilian playwright | |
| August 16th, 1922 (August 16 1922) | Birth | Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (died in 2001) | |
| August 16th, 1921 (August 16 1921) | Death | King Peter I of Serbia (born in 1844) | |
| August 16th, 1920 (August 16 1920) | Event | Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game. | |
| August 16th, 1920 (August 16 1920) | Event | The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution. | |
| August 16th, 1920 (August 16 1920) | Birth | Charles Bukowski, American poet (died in 1994) | |
| August 16th, 1916 (August 16 1916) | Birth | Iggy Katona, American race car driver (died in 2003) | |
| August 16th, 1915 (August 16 1915) | Event | World War I: Should victory be achieved over the Central Powers, the Triple Entente promises the Kingdom of Serbia: the Austro-Hungarian territories of Baranja, Srem, Slavonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the eastern ? of Dalmatia (from the river of Krka to the city of Bar). | |
| August 16th, 1915 (August 16 1915) | Birth | Al Hibbler, American singer (died in 2001) | |
| August 16th, 1914 (August 16 1914) | Event | World War I: Battle of Cer begins. | |
| August 16th, 1913 (August 16 1913) | Event | Tohoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) admits its first female students. | |
| August 16th, 1913 (August 16 1913) | Birth | Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel laureate (died in 1992) | Menachem Begin Quotes |
| August 16th, 1912 (August 16 1912) | Birth | Ted Drake, English footballer (died in 1995) | |
| August 16th, 1911 (August 16 1911) | Birth | E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (died in 1977) | |
| August 16th, 1908 (August 16 1908) | Birth | William Maxwell, American novelist and editor (died in 2000) | |
| August 16th, 1907 (August 16 1907) | Death | James Hector, Scottish geologist (born in 1834) | |
| August 16th, 1904 (August 16 1904) | Birth | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1971) | |
| August 16th, 1902 (August 16 1902) | Birth | Georgette Heyer, English novelist (died in 1974) | |
| August 16th, 1900 (August 16 1900) | Death | Eca de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (born in 1845) | |
| August 16th, 1899 (August 16 1899) | Death | Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (born in 1811) | |
| August 16th, 1896 (August 16 1896) | Event | Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. | George Mason Quotes |
| August 16th, 1895 (August 16 1895) | Birth | Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (died in 1981) | |
| August 16th, 1895 (August 16 1895) | Birth | Liane Haid, Austrian actress (died in 2000) | |
| August 16th, 1894 (August 16 1894) | Birth | George Meany, American labor union leader (died in 1980) | George Ade Quotes |
| August 16th, 1893 (August 16 1893) | Death | Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (born in 1825) | |
| August 16th, 1892 (August 16 1892) | Birth | Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (died in 1983) | |
| August 16th, 1888 (August 16 1888) | Birth | T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (died in 1935) | |
| August 16th, 1888 (August 16 1888) | Birth | Armand J. Piron, American musician (died in 1943) | |
| August 16th, 1888 (August 16 1888) | Death | John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (born in 1831) | |
| August 16th, 1886 (August 16 1886) | Death | Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (born in 1836) | Swami Vivekananda Quotes |
| August 16th, 1884 (August 16 1884) | Birth | Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (died in 1967) | |
| August 16th, 1884 (August 16 1884) | Birth | Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (died in 1942) | |
| August 16th, 1876 (August 16 1876) | Birth | Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (died in 1942) | |
| August 16th, 1870 (August 16 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. | |
| August 16th, 1869 (August 16 1869) | Event | Battle of Acosta Nu: A Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance. | |
| August 16th, 1868 (August 16 1868) | Event | Arica, Peru (now Chile) is devastated by a tsunami which followed a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in the Peru-Chile Trench off the coast. The earthquake and tsunami killed an estimated 25,000 people in Arica and perhaps 70,000 people in all. | |
| August 16th, 1868 (August 16 1868) | Birth | Bernarr McFadden, American publisher (died in 1955) | |
| August 16th, 1865 (August 16 1865) | Event | Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regains its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation. | |
| August 16th, 1862 (August 16 1862) | Birth | Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (died in 1965) | |
| August 16th, 1860 (August 16 1860) | Birth | Jules Laforgue, French poet (died in 1887) | |
| August 16th, 1858 (August 16 1858) | Event | U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks. | James Buchanan Quotes |
| August 16th, 1858 (August 16 1858) | Birth | Arthur Achleitner, German writer (died in 1927) | |
| August 16th, 1855 (August 16 1855) | Death | Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) | |
| August 16th, 1845 (August 16 1845) | Birth | Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1921) | |
| August 16th, 1842 (August 16 1842) | Birth | Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (died in 1922) | |
| August 16th, 1841 (August 16 1841) | Event | U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. | John Tyler Quotes |
| August 16th, 1836 (August 16 1836) | Death | Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (born in 1755) | |
| August 16th, 1832 (August 16 1832) | Birth | Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (died in 1920) | |
| August 16th, 1831 (August 16 1831) | Birth | John Jones Ross, Quebec politician (died in 1901) | |
| August 16th, 1820 (August 16 1820) | Birth | Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian politician (died in 1892) | |
| August 16th, 1819 (August 16 1819) | Event | Eleven people die and 400 are injured by cavalry charges at the Peterloo Massacre at a public meeting at St. Peter s Field, Manchester, England. | |
| August 16th, 1815 (August 16 1815) | Birth | John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (died in 1888) | |
| August 16th, 1812 (August 16 1812) | Event | War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army. | |
| August 16th, 1792 (August 16 1792) | Event | Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal. | Maximilien Robespierre Quotes |
| August 16th, 1791 (August 16 1791) | Death | Charles-Francois de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (born in 1719) | |
| August 16th, 1780 (August 16 1780) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Battle of CamdenThe British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. | |
| August 16th, 1761 (August 16 1761) | Birth | Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (died in 1800) | |
| August 16th, 1733 (August 16 1733) | Death | Matthew Tindal, English deist (born in 1657) | |
| August 16th, 1705 (August 16 1705) | Death | Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (born in 1654) | |
| August 16th, 1682 (August 16 1682) | Birth | Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir-apparent to the French throne (died in 1712) | |
| August 16th, 1678 (August 16 1678) | Death | Andrew Marvell, English poet (born in 1621) | Andrew Marvell Quotes |
| August 16th, 1661 (August 16 1661) | Death | Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (born in 1608) | |
| August 16th, 1650 (August 16 1650) | Birth | Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (died in 1718) | |
| August 16th, 1645 (August 16 1645) | Birth | Jean de La Bruyere, French writer (died in 1696) | Jean de La Bruyere Quotes |
| August 16th, 1637 (August 16 1637) | Birth | Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and poet (died in 1706) | Julian Quotes |
| August 16th, 1596 (August 16 1596) | Birth | Frederick V, Elector Palatine (died in 1632) | |
| August 16th, 1573 (August 16 1573) | Birth | Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (died in 1598) | |
| August 16th, 1557 (August 16 1557) | Birth | Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (died in 1602) | |
| August 16th, 1532 (August 16 1532) | Death | John, Elector of Saxony (born in 1468) | |
| August 16th, 1518 (August 16 1518) | Death | Loyset Compere, French composer | |
| August 16th, 1513 (August 16 1513) | Event | Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs)King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who were forced to retreat. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| August 16th, 1445 (August 16 1445) | Death | Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (born in 1424) | |
| August 16th, 1443 (August 16 1443) | Death | Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (born in 1434) | |
| August 16th, 1419 (August 16 1419) | Death | Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (born in 1361) | |
| August 16th, 1401 (August 16 1401) | Birth | Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (died in 1436) | |
| August 16th, 1384 (August 16 1384) | Event | The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them-a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitated one hundred floggings by a bamboo rodied in However, the Hongwu Emperor decided to pardon them, seeing as how their intention was not to tear up the money. | |
| August 16th, 1378 (August 16 1378) | Birth | Hongxi Emperor of China (died in 1425) | |
| August 16th, 1358 (August 16 1358) | Death | Duke Albert II of Austria (born in 1298) | |
| August 16th, 1355 (August 16 1355) | Birth | Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster | |
| August 16th, 1327 (August 16 1327) | Death | Roch, French saint (born in 1295) | |
| August 16th, 1297 (August 16 1297) | Death | John II of Trebizond (born in 1262) | |
| August 16th, 1027 (August 16 1027) | Death | Giorgi I, King of Georgia (born in 998) | |
