What are the important events that happened on November 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 16: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 16 is the 320^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 3, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,792 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 93 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,713 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 16 Historical Events

• 534 –
  A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
• 1491 –
  An auto-da-fé, 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.
• 1532 –
  Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
• 1776 –
  American Revolution: the United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
• 1805 –
  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern – Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under 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.
• 1943 –
  World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
• 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.
• 1992 –
  The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.

Who were born on November 16?

• 1717 –
  Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1793)
• 1915 –
  Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin, Cajun accordionist (d. 2007)
• 1931 –
  Hubert Sumlin, American blues guitarist (Howlin' Wolf’s band)
• 1949 –
  Arrow, Montserratian soca musician (d. 2010)
• 1952 –
  Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist in Biblioteca Marciana, essayist and translator
• 1955 –
  Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 –
  Marg Helgenberger, American actress
• 1966 –
  Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
• 1966 –
  Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer
• 1979 –
  Bruce Irons, American surfer

Who died on November 16?

• 1240 –
  Saint Edmund Rich, English Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. 1175)
• 1773 –
  John Hawkesworth, English writer
• 1779 –
  Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716)
• 1836 –
  Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
• 1878 –
  Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1961 –
  Sam Rayburn, American politician (b. 1882)
• 1993 –
  Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (b. 1939)
• 2000 –
  Ahmet Kaya, Turkish singer and composer (b. 1957)
• 2001 –
  Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
• 2005 –
  Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)