Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. Mary, Queen of Scots fled to England in 1568 after being forced to give up the Scottish throne….
Tag: 16 May
16 May 1888
Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances….
16 May 1920
In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, born in 1412 in Domrémy, France, claimed to have received visions from saints…
16 May 1739
The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army. The Battle of Vasai occurred in 1739 and was fought between the Maratha…
16 May 1832
Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
16 May 1943
The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising’]
16 May 1920
Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, a peasant girl living in medieval France, believed that God had chosen her to lead…
16 May 1966
The Communist Party of China issues its May 16 Notice to start the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was…
16 May 1770
The 14 year old Marie Antoinette marries 15 year old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France. In 1768, Louis XV dispatched a tutor to…