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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 16 AOûT

Battle of Acosta Ñu

Année: 1869

Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.

Franco-Prussian War

Année: 1870

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

Richard Wagner

Année: 1876

Richard Wagner's Siegfried, the penultimate opera in his Ring cycle, is premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.

Dominican Restoration War

Année: 1863

The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Année: 1859

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.

Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa

Année: 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.

James Buchanan

Année: 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.

San Sebastian Church (Manila)

Année: 1891

The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.

Keish

Année: 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.

Battle of Lake Baikal

Année: 1918

The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.

NAISSANCES DU 16 AOûT

Ketty Lester

Année de naissance: 1934

Ketty Lester, American singer and actress

Pierre Richard

Année de naissance: 1934

Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter

John Standing

Année de naissance: 1934

John Standing, English actor

Sam Trimble

Année de naissance: 1934

Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer (died 2019)

Wilhelm Wundt

Année de naissance: 1832

Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (died 1920)

Diana Wynne Jones

Année de naissance: 1934

Diana Wynne Jones, English author (died 2011)

Alan Hodgkinson

Année de naissance: 1936

Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (died 2015)

Cliff Fletcher

Année de naissance: 1935

Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman

Andreas Stamatiadis

Année de naissance: 1935

Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach

Angela Buxton

Année de naissance: 1934

Angela Buxton, British tennis player (died 2020)

DéCèS DU 16 AOûT

Babe Ruth

Année de décès: 1948

Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (born 1895)

Takijirō Ōnishi

Année de décès: 1945

Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (born 1891)

Margaret Mitchell

Année de décès: 1949

Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (born 1900)

Lydia Field Emmet

Année de décès: 1952

Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (born 1866)

Bela Lugosi

Année de décès: 1956

Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (born 1882)

Andrej Hlinka

Année de décès: 1938

Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (born 1864)

Robert Johnson

Année de décès: 1938

Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1911)

Francis Moran (cardinal)

Année de décès: 1911

Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (born 1830)

Prentiss Ingraham

Année de décès: 1904

Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (born 1843)

Carl Theodor Schulz

Année de décès: 1914

Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (born 1835)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 16 AOûT

Image of Edessa

Christian feast day: Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

Xicolatada

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Saint Roch

Christian feast day: Roch

Stephen I of Hungary

Christian feast day: Stephen I of Hungary

Children's Day

Children's Day (Paraguay)

Saint Armel

Christian feast day: Armel (Armagillus)

Ana Petra Pérez Florido

Christian feast day: Ana Petra Pérez Florido

Diomedes of Tarsus

Christian feast day: Diomedes of Tarsus

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