March 16th, 1793

Born on March 16th, 1793

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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, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

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 (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, 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 (cap badge pictured), 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, 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.

March 18th, 2007

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah.

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

Born on March 16th, 1793

76

Anton Greven

German publisher (1793-1870)

*March 16th, 1793, Cologne †March 3rd, 1870, Cologne

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65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

85

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

53

Georg von der Gabelentz

German linguist (1840-1893)

*March 16th, 1840, Poschwitz †December 11th, 1893, Berlin

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

97

Caroline Herschel

German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848)

*March 16th, 1750, Hanover †January 9th, 1848, Hanover

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

*March 16th, 1935, Madrid †May 13th, 2022, San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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47

George Green

British mathematical physicist (*1793 – †1841)

*July 14th, 1793, Nottingham †May 31st, 1841, Nottingham

55

Peter Friedrich Engstfeld

German organist (1793-1848)

*June 6th, 1793, Heiligenhaus †October 4th, 1848, Duisburg

82

Ferdinand I of Austria

Austrian emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1793-1875)

*April 19th, 1793, Vienna †June 29th, 1875, Prague

87

Friedrich Harkort

German industrialist (1793-1880)

*February 25th, 1793, Haus Harkorten †March 6th, 1880, Hombruch

50

Casimir Delavigne

French poet and dramatist (1793-1843)

*April 4th, 1793, Le Havre †December 11th, 1843, Lyon

86

Ludwig Reichenbach

German botanist (1793–1879)

*January 8th, 1793, Leipzig †March 17th, 1879, Dresden

69

Dost Mohammad Khan

First Emir of Afghanistan (1823-1863)

*December 23rd, 1793, Kandahar †June 9th, 1863, Herat

87

Michel Chasles

French mathematician (*1793 – †1880)

*November 15th, 1793, Épernon †December 18th, 1880, Paris

70

Sam Houston

American statesman, politician, and soldier (1793-1863)

*March 2nd, 1793, Lexington †July 26th, 1863, Huntsville

88

Joseph Earl Sheffield

Railroad executive, philanthropist

*June 19th, 1793, Southport †February 16th, 1882, New Haven

77

Josef Naus

Officer and surveying technician

*August 29th, 1793, Lechaschau †April 6th, 1871, Munich

70

John Clare

English poet (1793-1864)

*July 13th, 1793, Clare Cottage †May 20th, 1864, Northampton

68

Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout

Painter (1793-1861)

*February 8th, 1793, Antwerp †December 25th, 1861, Paris

64

Josef Ressel

Austrian inventor

*June 29th, 1793, Chrudim †October 9th, 1857, Ljubljana

54

Henry Francis Lyte

Anglican priest, hymn-writer and poet (1793-1847)

*June 1st, 1793, Ednam †November 20th, 1847, Nice

74

Antonio José Martínez

New Mexican priest, educator, publisher, rancher, farmer, community leader, and politician (1793-1867)

*January 17th, 1793, Abiquiú †July 27th, 1867, Kit Carson Park

82

John Neal

American writer

*August 25th, 1793, Portland †June 20th, 1876, Portland

63

Barthélemy Thimonnier

French inventor who invented the first sewing machine

*August 19th, 1793, L'Arbresle †July 5th, 1857, Amplepuis

54

Denis Auguste Affre

Murdered Archbishop of Paris

*September 27th, 1793, Saint-Rome-de-Tarn †June 27th, 1848, former 9th arrondissement of Paris

70

Roger Sherman Baldwin

American politician (1793-1863)

*January 4th, 1793, New Haven †February 19th, 1863, New Haven

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No: With 365 days 1793 is a normal year and no leap year.

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