November 16 in History

Historical Events on November 16

1776 American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.

1822 American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

1828 Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.

1863 American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.

1940 World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1940 Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

1973 U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.

1988 In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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Famous Birthdays on November 16

1836 Kalākaua

1930 Chinua Achebe

1956 Terry Labonte

1977 Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Famous Deaths on November 16

1272 Henry III of England

1885 Louis Riel

1960 Clark Gable

2006 Milton Friedman

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