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 106^th 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, 1,744,761,600 seconds 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.

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.

April 16 Historical Events

• 73 –
  Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt.
• 1582 –
  Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
• 1746 –
  The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland after the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
• 1818 –
  The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
• 1858 –
  The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
• 1917 –
  Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
• 1945 –
  The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
• 1953 –
  Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht Ship HMY.
• 1972 –
  Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• 1992 –
  The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

Who were born on April 16?

• 1730 –
  Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795)
• 1896 –
  Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist (d. 1963)
• 1918 –
  Dick Gibson, British racing driver
• 1924 –
  Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1976)
• 1927 –
  Edie Adams, American actress (d. 2008)
• 1942 –
  Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
• 1975 –
  Nick Pickard, British actor
• 1979 –
  Sixto Peralta, Argentine footballer
• 1982 –
  Jonathan Vilma, American football player
• 1985 –
  Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player

Who died on April 16?

• 924 –
  Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy
• 1783 –
  Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (b. 1719)
• 1904 –
  Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (b. 1812)
• 1946 –
  Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884)
• 1970 –
  Richard Neutra, American architect (b. 1892)
• 1991 –
  Sir David Lean, British film director (b. 1908)
• 1995 –
  Arthur English, English actor and comedian (b. 1919)
• 2003 –
  Graham Stuart Thomas, English author and garden designer (b. 1909)
• 2007 –
  Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (b. 1962)
• 2008 –
  Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)