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BEGIVENHEDER DEN 16. AUGUST
Battle of Acosta Ñu
År:
1869
Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
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Franco-Prussian War
År:
1870
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
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Richard Wagner
År:
1876
Richard Wagner's Siegfried, the penultimate opera in his Ring cycle, is premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
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Dominican Restoration War
År:
1863
The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany
År:
1859
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
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Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa
År:
1844
Governor-general of the Philippines Narciso Claveria, signs a decree to reform the country's calendar by skipping Tuesday, December 31, as a solution to anomalies that had existed since Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in 1521.
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James Buchanan
År:
1858
U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
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San Sebastian Church (Manila)
År:
1891
The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
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Keish
År:
1896
Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
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Battle of Lake Baikal
År:
1918
The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
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FøDSLER DEN 16. AUGUST
Ketty Lester
Fødselsår:
1934
Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
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Pierre Richard
Fødselsår:
1934
Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter
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John Standing
Fødselsår:
1934
John Standing, English actor
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Sam Trimble
Fødselsår:
1934
Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer (died 2019)
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Wilhelm Wundt
Fødselsår:
1832
Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (died 1920)
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Diana Wynne Jones
Fødselsår:
1934
Diana Wynne Jones, English author (died 2011)
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Alan Hodgkinson
Fødselsår:
1936
Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (died 2015)
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Cliff Fletcher
Fødselsår:
1935
Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman
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Andreas Stamatiadis
Fødselsår:
1935
Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
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Angela Buxton
Fødselsår:
1934
Angela Buxton, British tennis player (died 2020)
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DøDSFALD DEN 16. AUGUST
Babe Ruth
Dødsår:
1948
Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (born 1895)
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Takijirō Ōnishi
Dødsår:
1945
Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (born 1891)
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Margaret Mitchell
Dødsår:
1949
Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (born 1900)
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Lydia Field Emmet
Dødsår:
1952
Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (born 1866)
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Bela Lugosi
Dødsår:
1956
Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (born 1882)
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Andrej Hlinka
Dødsår:
1938
Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (born 1864)
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Robert Johnson
Dødsår:
1938
Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1911)
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Francis Moran (cardinal)
Dødsår:
1911
Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (born 1830)
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Prentiss Ingraham
Dødsår:
1904
Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (born 1843)
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Carl Theodor Schulz
Dødsår:
1914
Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (born 1835)
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HELLIGDAGE DEN 16. AUGUST
Image of Edessa
Christian feast day: Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
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August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Gozan no Okuribi
Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
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Xicolatada
Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)
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Saint Roch
Christian feast day: Roch
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Stephen I of Hungary
Christian feast day: Stephen I of Hungary
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Children's Day
Children's Day (Paraguay)
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Saint Armel
Christian feast day: Armel (Armagillus)
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Ana Petra Pérez Florido
Christian feast day: Ana Petra Pérez Florido
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Diomedes of Tarsus
Christian feast day: Diomedes of Tarsus
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