Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 16
This is a list of selected March 16 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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| 597 BC – Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah. | {{primary sources}} |
| 1660 – The Long Parliament, originally called by King Charles I of England in 1640 following the Bishops' Wars, dissolved itself. | refimprove |
| 1802 – U.S. President Thomas Jefferson authorized the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, today the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. | Tagged with {{unreferenced section}} |
| 1815 – William I proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands. | Tagged with {{unreferenced}} |
| 1900 – British archaeologist Arthur Evans purchased the ruins of Knossos, a major centre of the Minoan civilization and the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete, for excavations. | needs more footnotes |
| 1926 – At the then-Asa Ward Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, American scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, a 10-foot (3 m) cylinder that reached an altitude of about 41 feet (12 m) and flew for two-and-a-half seconds before falling to the ground. | refimprove section |
| 1935 – Conscription was re-introduced in Nazi Germany, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1985 – Newsman Terry A. Anderson was taken hostage in Beirut. | Tagged for cleanup |
| 2006 – The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council. | Tagged with {{citationstyle}} |
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- 1190 – Around 150 Jews inside York Castle in York, England, committed mass suicide rather than be killed by a mob.
- 1621 – Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims when he strolled straight through the middle of the encampment at Plymouth Colony and greeted them in English.
- 1802 – The United States Congress formally authorized the establishment and funding of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
- 1978 – The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz (pictured) split in two after running aground on Portsall Rocks, about 3 miles (5 km) off the coast of Brittany, France, resulting in one of the largest oil spills ever.
- 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
- 1988 – Iran-Iraq War: Iraqi forces began attacking the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons, killing up to 5,000 people.
- 1243 – Following their successful siege of Montségur, French royal forces burned about 210 Cathar Perfecti and unrepentant credentes.
- 1322 – Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.
- 1872 – In the first-ever final of the FA Cup, today the oldest association football competition in the world, Wanderers F.C. defeated Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh district of South Vietnam.
- 1978 – Former Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro (pictured) was kidnapped in Rome by Mario Moretti and the Red Brigades.