Births on August 16

Vincenzo Coronelli

Born on August 16, 1650

Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (August 16, 1650 – December 9, 1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases and globes. He spent most of his life in Venice.

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Battle of Dunbar (1650)
Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
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Threadneedle Street
Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.