July 16th, 1798

Born on July 16th, 1798

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What happened on July 16th?

July 16th, 2013

At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.

July 16th, 2008

A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and six deaths.

July 16th, 2007

An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw6.6 struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

July 16th, 2004

Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and one of the world's largest rooftop gardens, opened to the public.

July 16th, 1983

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.

July 16th, 1965

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo (pictured)—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.

July 16th, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published (cover pictured).

July 16th, 1950

Uruguay won the decisive match of the FIFA World Cup against Brazil 2–1 at Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.

July 16th, 1931

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.

July 16th, 1790

President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.

July 16th, 1782

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

July 16th, 1377

The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

July 16th, 1232

Muhammad ibn Yusuf, who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.

July 16th, 1945

The United States conducted the first detonation of a nuclear weapon during the Trinity test (pictured).

July 16th, 1916

Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem was first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.

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

Born on July 16th, 1798

70

Eduard Friedrich Poeppig

German naturalist (1798-1868)

*July 16th, 1798, Plauen †September 4th, 1868, Wahren

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Born in 1798

38

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian noble, poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837)

*June 29th, 1798, Recanati †June 14th, 1837, Naples

56

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)

*December 24th, 1798, Zavosse †November 26th, 1855, Istanbul

67

Massimo d'Azeglio

Italian statesman, novelist and painter

*October 21st, 1798, Turin †January 15th, 1866, Cannero Riviera

62

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Empress Consort of Russia from 1825 to 1855

*July 13th, 1798, Berlin †October 20th, 1860, Tsarskoye Selo

55

Abigail Fillmore

First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*March 13th, 1798, Saratoga County †March 30th, 1853, Washington, D.C.

75

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

German scholar and poet

*April 2nd, 1798, Fallersleben †January 19th, 1874, Princely Abbey of Corvey

96

Franz Ernst Neumann

German physicist and mineralogist (1798-1895)

*September 11th, 1798, Joachimsthal †May 23rd, 1895, Königsberg

77

František Palacký

Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876)

*June 14th, 1798, Hodslavice †May 26th, 1876, Prague

82

Jules Armand Dufaure

French politician and lawyer (1798-1881)

*December 4th, 1798, Saujon †June 27th, 1881, Rueil-Malmaison

75

Gustav Rose

German mineralogist and university teacher (1798-1873)

*March 18th, 1798, Berlin †July 15th, 1873, Berlin

74

Alfred Iverson Sr.

American politician

*December 3rd, 1798, Liberty County †March 4th, 1873, Macon

88

Nakayama Miki

Founder of Tenrikyo (1798–1887)

*June 2nd, 1798, Tenri †February 18th, 1887, Tenri

76

Therese Grob

Austrian singer

*November 16th, 1798, Vienna †March 17th, 1875, Vienna

52

Joseph Anselm Feuerbach

German archaeologist (1798-1851)

*September 9th, 1798, Jena †September 8th, 1851, Freiburg im Breisgau

64

Ida Arenhold

German social reformer (1798–1863)

*October 11th, 1798, Herzberg am Harz †September 24th, 1863, Hanover

70

Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton

English politician (1798-1869)

*August 15th, 1798, Over Stowey †July 13th, 1869, Over Stowey

67

Thomas Hodgkin

British pathologist and social reformer (1798-1866)

*August 17th, 1798, London †April 5th, 1866, Jaffa

68

Henriette Méric-Lalande

Singer

*November 4th, 1798, Dunkirk †September 7th, 1867, Chantilly

80

Antonio Benedetto Antonucci

Bishop of the Catholic Church (1798-1879)

*September 17th, 1798, Subiaco †January 28th, 1879, Ancona

59

Joseph von Auffenberg

German dramatist (1798-1857)

*August 25th, 1798, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 25th, 1857, Freiburg im Breisgau

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