March 16th, 1736

Born on March 16th, 1736

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What happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2002

Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg, together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 in London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers, one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1322

Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 16th

Same year
Born in 1736

83

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

63

Patrick Henry

American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Campbell County

70

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

French physicist

*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris

76

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen

59

James Macpherson

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

*October 27th, 1736, Ruthven †February 17th, 1796, Inverness-shire

81

Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé

French noble (1736-1818)

*August 9th, 1736, Paris †May 13th, 1818, Paris

81

Maria Maximiliana von Stadion

German abbot

*July 21st, 1736, Mainz †January 1st, 1818, Munich

92

Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier

French politician

*July 17th, 1736, Pamiers †December 14th, 1828, Brussels metropolitan area

76

Anton Graff

Swiss portrait artist (1736–1813)

*November 18th, 1736, Winterthur †June 22nd, 1813, Dresden

65

George Fordyce

British chemist (1736-1802)

*November 18th, 1736, Aberdeen †May 25th, 1802, London

57

James Mercer

American soldier, jurist and political figure

*February 26th, 1736, Stafford County †October 31st, 1793, Richmond

56

Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German natural history collector and Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*June 7th, 1736, Rudolstadt †April 13th, 1793, Rudolstadt

48

Ann Lee

English Shaker leader (1736-1784)

*February 29th, 1736, Manchester †September 8th, 1784, Watervliet

75

Dorothea Wendling

German operatic soprano

*March 21st, 1736, Stuttgart †August 20th, 1811, Munich

70

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

French Neoclassical architect (1736-1806)

*March 21st, 1736, Dormans †November 19th, 1806, Paris

43

Helfrich Peter Sturz

German author (1736-1779)

*February 16th, 1736, Darmstadt †November 12th, 1779, Bremen

80

Izabela Lubomirska

Polish princess and art collector (1736-1816)

*May 21st, 1736, Warsaw †November 25th, 1816, Vienna

64

Leopold von Clary und Aldringen

(1736-1800)

*January 2nd, 1736, Malá Strana †November 23rd, 1800, Vienna

62

Charles-Joseph Panckoucke

French writer and publisher

*November 26th, 1736, Lille †December 19th, 1798, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1736 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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