On This Day in History for November 16
Events in History
- 13 General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany
- 534 Second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus published
- 1491 An auto de fe, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
- 1519 City of Havana moved to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations
- 1532 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes
- 1572 Troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupy and plunder Zutphen, Netherlands
- 1581 Tsar Ivan the Terrible attacks his son and heir, Ivan Ivanovich, with a scepter after an argument leading to the latter's death three days later
- 1632 Battle of Lützen: Significant battle of Thirty Years' War - Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus
- More Events in History
Tiberius
Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert
Elpidio Quirino
José Saramago
Chinua AchebeWeddings in History
- 1683 Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia
- 1754 British PM William Pitt the Elder (46) weds Lady Hester Grenville (34) in Argyle Street, London
- 1933 Ramon Magsaysay, latter President of the Philippines (26) weds Luz Banzon (18) at Lourdes church in Manila
Divorces in History
- 1973 Sci-fi author Isaac Asimov (53) divorces Gertrude Blugerman after 31 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Louis Riel
Cluny MacPherson
Milton FriedmanNovember in History
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
A village in Alaska was almost wiped out on this day as the 1918 flu pandemic took its toll. Are there lessons for the world combatting the Coronavirus in 2020?
November 15, 1918Ivan the Terrible Kills His Son
The painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" by Russian painter Ilya Repin
November 16, 1581SARS Outbreak
The SARS virus, known technically as SARS-CoV (coronavirus). First appearing in China in 2002, the disease spread to 29 countries before it was stopped.
November 16, 2002Bloody Mary, England’s Most Hated Queen
Queen Mary I, the first woman to rule England in her own right, lost respect and was called Bloody Mary by burning hundreds of religious opponents at the stake.
November 17, 1558
