What happened this day in history April 16

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

April 16: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 16 is the 106th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

When this day started, 484,656 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 ‘hectahexagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 307 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 4,499 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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April 16 Historical Events

  • 1178 BC
    The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus’ return home from the Trojan War.
  • 1582
    Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
  • 1780
    The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
  • 1799
    Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
  • 1858
    The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
  • 1945
    The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
  • 1945
    The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
  • 1947
    Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • 1963
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
  • 1990
    The “Doctor of Death”, Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.

Who were born on April 16?

  • 1755
    Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
  • 1859
    Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, Welsh socialite (d. 1924)
  • 1899
    Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (d. 1988)
  • 1922
    Kingsley Amis, English author (d. 1995)
  • 1956
    David McDowell Brown, American astronaut (d. 2003)
  • 1965
    Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director
  • 1971
    Max Beesley, English musician and actor
  • 1971
    Selena, American Tejano singer (d. 1995)
  • 1985
    Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian
  • 1990
    Evangelos Mantzaris, Greek basketball player

Who died on April 16?

  • 1198
    Duke Frederick I of Austria
  • 1645
    Tobias Hume, English composer
  • 1904
    Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888)
  • 1946
    Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884)
  • 1958
    Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (b. 1920)
  • 1972
    Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
  • 1978
    Lucius D. Clay, American general (b. 1897)
  • 1992
    Neville Brand, American actor (b. 1920)
  • 1997
    Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
  • 2002
    Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)

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