16. January

of the 16. January (in Austria: 16. Jänner) is the 16. Day of the Gregorian calendar, thus still 349 days (in leap years 350 days) up to the year end remain.

of events

• 27 v. Chr. Octavian receives the honour title Augustus (raised one ) from the Roman senate.
• 1547: Iwan IV. „the terrible one “ is appointed the first crowned Zaren of Russia.
• 1556: InCourse of the gradual resignation Karl V. its son Philipp takes over the Spanish kingdoms.
  

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• 1777: Vermont explains its independence from New York.
• 1920: Beginning of the Prohibition in the USA.
• 1921: France. Aristide Briand becomes the third time a head of the government.
• 1945: The Second World War: Large parts of Magdeburg are destroyed by an air raid.
• 1947: France. Vincent Auriol becomes a new president.
• 1950: In the Federal Republic the food rationing is abolished, one and a halfYears later this happens also in the GDR.
• 1954: France. René Coty becomes a new president.
• 1957: In Liverpool the Cavern club opens its gates. It is considered as the cradle of the British Beatmusik.
• 1969: January Palach burns itself on the Prager Wenzelsplatz.
• 1979: Iran. Schah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi goes into the exile to Egypt.
• 1987: Michel Camdessus, France, becomes a director of the IWF (international currency rear).
• 1995: The ORF - Youth transmitter FM4 goes on transmission.
• 1996: In Sierra Leone against Valentine Strasser, since 1992 at power, one geputscht; its deputy Julius Maada bio replaces it.
• 1996: Humans against mines one bases.
• 1997: Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh becomes state and head of the provincial government in the Gambia.
• 1998: The presidents of the USA, Estonia, Lettlands and Litauens sign „the US-Baltic charter OF Partnership “.
• 1998: The German Bundestag passes the law over the large wire-tapping.
• 2000: Chile. Ricardo Lagos Escobar becomes a new president.
• 2001: Cape Verde. José Maria Neves becomes a new head of the government.
• 2001: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Assassination attempt on the president Laurent Désiré Kabila.
• 2003: Last start of the Space shuttle Columbia in the universe. With the landing later the space shuttle in the atmosphere, which seven astronauts die on board, glows 16 days.
• 2004: The ministers of foreign affairs Joschka Fischer (Germany), Dominique de Villepin (France), and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Poland), meet in the context Weimar triangles.

culture

• 1800: Premiere of the opera Les Deux Journées, ou Le Porteur d'eau (the water carrier) of Luigi Cherubini at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris.
• 1843: Premiere of the opera Le part you diable (the devil portion) of Daniel François ESPRIT Auber to the Opéra Comique in Paris.
• 1861: Premiere of the amusing opera La Madone of Louis Lacombe at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.
• 1869: Premiere of the Operette L'Ecossais de Chatou von Léo Delibes at the Théâtre of the Bouffes Parisiens in Paris.
• 1876: Premiere of the romantic opera the high countries of Franz of Holstein in Mannheim.
• 1980: Botswana becomes member in that UNESCO.

disasters

• 1219: Heavy storm tide at the North Sea Coast („first Marcellusflut “); to estimations come approx. 36,000 humans over, Westfriesland is most heavily concerned.
• 1362: During the second Marcellusflut the friesische locality Rungholt goesunder, which inspires more than 500 years late Detlev from Liliencron to its poem Trutz, bright Hans.
• 1900: An explosion misfortune in the dynamite factory of Avigliani with Turin (Italy) demands 10 dead ones and 30 partially. 30 severely woundeds person.
• 1924: Stranding the light cruiser „Tacoma “ (the USA) before the port of Veracruz (Mexico). And total loss of the cruiser hurt 5 dead ones, 20.
• 1951: Reardon, Washington, the USA. A small passenger plane on the flight of Spokane after Wenatchee falls. All 10 humans on board die.
• 1995: As well as an earthquake of the strength 7.2 arises close Kōbe , Japan, demands over 5.500 human lives and over 400.000 hurt large damages to property.

sport

• of entriesfrom athlete IC world records are under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik; for events within the range formula 1 see there.

born

• 1298: , Sultan of the Mamelucken LOD-seemed in Egypt
• 1409: René I., Titularkönig of Neapel
• 1504: Pius V., Pope starting from 1566
• 1626: Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian landscape painter
• 1728: Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer
• 1730: Johann Christoph Bode, German translator
• 1745: Antonio José Cavanilles, Spanish Botaniker
• 1766: Christian Friedrich Ammon, German Protestant theologian
• 1776: Johann Heinrich Moritz of Poppe, German mathematician and physicist
• 1791: Henryk Dębiński, Polish general
• 1794: Maximilian Joseph of Chelius, German optician and surgeon
• 1795: CarlChristian Rafn, Danish antiquity researcher
• 1802: Friedrich Julius steel, German lawyer and politician
• 1806: Bernhard von Neher, German painter
• 1808: Charles Wellesley, British general and politician
• 1810: Karl green ore, German actor
• 1811: Johann Dzierzon, schlesischer priest and natural scientist
• 1813: Georges Darboy, archbishop of Paris
• 1815: Henry Wager resound-hit a corner, general of the US army
• 1820: Johannes Rebmann, German Missionar and Afrikareisender
• 1822: Adelbert Delbrück, GermanEntrepreneur and banker
• 1822: Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale, French general, historian and art collecting tank
• 1825: Carl Abraham Pihl, Norwegian railway pioneer
• 1828: Félix Gustave Saussier, French general and delegate
• 1836: Franz II., King ofSicily and Neapel
• 1838: Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist
• 1844: Ismail Qemali, first Albanian prime minister
• 1844: Paul Singer, German manufacturer, SPD joint founder, MdR
• 1845: Charles Dwight Sigsbee, US-American naval officer
• 1848: Otto Techow, architect
• 1853: Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, British general
• 1855: Eleanor Marx, German/English Sozialistin and youngest daughter of Karl Marx
• 1858: Eugen Zintgraff, German Africa researcher and colonial propagandist
• 1870: William Normann,German chemist
• 1872: Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, director and theatre theoretician
• 1872: Henri Busser, French composer
• 1875: Leonor Michaelis, GermanUS-American biochemist and physician
• 1877: Thomas Hakon Grönwall, Swedish mathematician
• 1884: Alfred green forest, Austrian Operettenlibrettist
• 1884: Frederick Dewhurst Yates, English chess player
• 1884: Jules Supervielle, poet, author of stage works and Kurzgeschichten
• 1885: Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish civil servant and politician
• 1890: Karl friend, German cameraman
• 1896: Ferdinand May, German Dramaturg and author
• 1896: Robert Meyn, German actor, theatrical director
• 1897: Briefly Hueck, German Botaniker
• 1899: Michl long, German folk actor
• 1900: Edith franc, in the KZ the deceased nut/motherof Anne franc
• 1901: Fulgencio Batista, president and dictator of Cuba
• 1902: Eric Liddell, Scottish athlete, olympia winner
• 1902: William striking sign, German photographer
• 1907: Paul Nitze, US-amerikanischer disarmament expert
• 1908: Ethel Merman,US-American actress and singer
• 1908: Günther Prien, German naval officer
• 1910: Walter clip mountain, boss of the military secret services in the third realm
• 1911: Eduardo freely Montalva, Chilean politician
• 1911: Roger Lapébie, French wheel running driver
• 1912: Franz Tumler, Austrian writer
• 1912: Heinrich Drimmel, Austrian politician and lawyer
• 1917: Justin Ahomadegbé Tomêtin, president of Benin
• 1918: Hermann Josef Weidinger, Austrian Prämonstratenser Chorherr and Missionar
• 1918: Marcelo Gonzáles Martín, archbishop of Toledoand cardinal
• 1918: Nel Benschop, Netherlands Dichterin
• 1920: Stephanos II. Ghattas, koptischer Patriarch of Alexandria and cardinal
• 1924: Aleksandar Tisma, Serbian writer
• 1925: Germund Dahlquist, Swedish mathematician
• 1925: Hans Jürgen August stone,German politician, MdB
• 1929: Pilar, Spanish Sopranistin
• 1931: Johannes Rau, Prime Minister of North-Rhine/Westphalia and German Federal President
• 1932: Dian Fossey, US-American gorilla Forscherin
• 1933: Susan Sontag, US-American authoress, Essayistin and Publizistin
• 1934: Marilyn Horne, US-American Mezzosopranistin
• 1935: Inger Christensen, Danish Dichterin
• 1935: Udo Lattek, German football coach
• 1936: Tinus Bosselaar, Netherlands football player
• 1937: Francis Eugene George, archbishop of Chicago and cardinal
• 1937: Klaus Ensikat, German commercial artist and Illustrator
• 1938: Hermann being Metz, German politician and MdL
• 1939: Ralph Gibson, US-American photographer
• 1940: Franz Müntefering, German politician
• 1940: Pure-hard Ahlrichs, German professor for theoretical chemistry
• 1941: Ewa Demarczyk, Polish singer and actress
• 1941: Iris Gusner, German rain eating urine
• 1942: Barbara Lynn, US-American singer, Gitarristin and Songautorin
• 1942: NIC oils Fontaine, French politician
• 1942: Sigrid Combüchen, Swedish authoressand Literaturkritikerin
• 1943: Gavin Bryars, English composer and retort bassist
• 1943: Ivar Combrinck, synchronous speaker and director
• 1944: Jim Stafford, US-American Country and Popsänger
• 1944: Ronnie Milsap, US-American Country and Pop singer
• 1944: Thomas Fritsch, German actor
• 1944: Wolfgang Schmidt, German athlete
• 1946: Annegret Soltau, German Collagekünstlerin of the Body kind
• 1946: Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
• 1946: Ronni Milsap, US-American Countrysänger
• 1947: Karl-Heinz clarify,German politician
• 1947: Sandy Denny, British singer
• 1948: Gregor Gysi, German politician and MdB
• 1948: John Carpenter, US-American director, actor and film music composer
• 1949: Norbert Kartmann, hessian federal state parliament president
• 1949: Amama Mbabazi,ugandischer politician
• 1950: Caroline Munro, actress
• 1950: Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer
• 1951: Thomas Naumann, German actor
• 1953: Pure hard Göhner, German politician and employer functionary
• 1953: Pure hard Jirgl, German writers
• 1954: Reinhold Fanz, German football coach
• 1954: Wolfgang Schmidt, German athlete and olympia medal winner
• 1955: Klaus Dieter cure advice, German athlete and olympia medal winner
• 1957: Pure hard Eugen Bosch, Abgeordneter to the Austrian national council
• 1958: Anatoli Boukreev, kasachischer extreme mountain climber
• 1959: Sade Adu, Nigerian-British singer
• 1960: Dirk resting man, German crime film writer
• 1962: Paul Webb, British musician
• 1968: David Chokachi, US-American actor
• 1969: Axel Britz, German football player
• 1969: Roy Jones Jr., US-American Boxer
• 1970: Garth Ennis, northIrish Comicautor
• 1971: Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis professional
• 1974: Kate Moss, British photo model
• 1974: Kati Winkler, German Eiskunstläuferin
• 1976: Debbie Ferguson, light athlete and Olympiasiegerin ofthe Bahamas
• 1976: EH Habermann, German actress
• 1977: Athirson, Brazilian football player
• 1977: Darius Kampa, German professional football player
• 1979: Aaliyah Haughton, US-American Rhythm and Blues singer
• 1979: Aaliyah, US-American Rhythm and Blues singer
• 1979: Athirson, Brazilian football player
• 1980: Cornelia deer, German politician, MdB
• 1980: Michelle game, Hungarian Pornodarstellerin
• 1981: Michael Labza, Federal Constitutional Court coworker
• 1982: Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish football player
• 1983: Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian professional football player
• 1986: Reto Ziegler, Swiss football player

died

• 0,399: Nintoku, 16. Emperor of Japan
• 0,484: Seinei, 22. Emperor of Japan
• 1160: Hermann III. (Bathe), Mark count von Baden
• 1243: Hermann V. (Bathe), Mark count von Baden
• 1299: , Sultan of the Mamelucken LOD-seemed in Egypt
• 1369: Peter I. (Cyprus), king of Cyprus
• 1545: George Spalatin, carrier of the reformation
• 1554: Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanand writers
• 1574: Joachim Westphal, lutherischer theologian
• 1592: Johann Kasimir (Pfalz), Pfalzgraf and administrator of the Kurpfalz
• 1599: Edmund Spenser, English poet
• 1617: Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Fürsterzbischof of Salzburg
• 1674: HeinrichRantzau the younger one, Orientreisender
• 1703: Eric Jonsson Dahlberg, Swedish field marshal
• 1710: Higashiyama, 113. Emperor of Japan
  

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• 1747: Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German writer
• 1748: Arnold Drakenborch, Netherlands classical scholar
• 1794: Edward Gibbon, British historian
• 1806: Nicolas Leblanc, French physician and chemist
• 1809: John moorlands, British general
• 1820: Paul Wolfgang Merkel, first delegate of the city Nuremberg in the Bavarian federal state parliament
• 1840: Christian FerdinandSiemens, Vater of the founders the Siemens AG
• 1851: Karl von Müffling, Prussian general field marshal, military writer and Geodät
• 1853: Matteo Carcassi, Italian musician
• 1856: Johann Albrecht Friedrich of squirrel, Prussian statesman, Secretary of cultural affairs
• 1866: FriedrichJakob Heller, Austrian military historian of German origin
• 1871: Jacques Louis Randon, French general and statesman, marshal of France
• 1872: Christian Sartorius, German theologian, paedagogue and writer
• 1873: Franz Heinrich count von Waldersee, Prussian general thatKavallerie
• 1882: Karl Schmitz, mayor of Mainz
• 1886: Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and conductor
• 1891: Léo Delibes, French composer
• 1892: Kraft Karl August prince to Hohenlohe Ingelfingen, Prussian general and military writer
• 1899: Charles Chiniquy, Canadian priest
• 1899: Josef Mocker, böhmischer architect and restorer
• 1901: Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painters, draughtsmen, commercial artist and sculptor
• 1901: Hiram Rhoades Revels, US-American politician, clergyman
• 1912: George Heym, GermanWriter
• 1917: George Dewey, US-American admiral
• 1918: Ludwig Edinger, physician physician, neurologist and brain researcher
• 1924: Carl Zaar, German architect
• 1930: Johannes Gillhoff, German writer
• 1935: MA Barker, legendary figure outthe American “public enemy era”
• 1935: Smelling pool of broadcasting corporations sharpen, German composer and music paedagogue
• 1936: Harry Steier, German opera singer (tenor)
• 1936: Oskar Barnack, German precision mechanic
• 1942: Arthur Wilhelm, Herzog von Connaught, Mitglied of the British king family
• 1942: Carole Lombard, US-American actress
• 1943: Jane Avril, French dancer
• 1943: Mild-talk Harnack, American-German Literaturwissenschaftlerin and Widerstandskämpferin
• 1950: Gustav Krupp of planks and halfoh, lawyer and manager of the Krupp enterprise
• 1951: Julius Bamberger, Owners of department store in Bremen
• 1957: Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor
• 1961: Gustav Klingelhöfer, German politician
• 1961: János Viski, Hungarian composer
• 1962: Franc Hurley, Australian photographer and cameraman
• 1962: Ivan Meštrović, CroatianSculptor and professor of the sculpture
• 1962: James Francis Hurley, US-American photographer
• 1967: Robert Jemison Van de Graaff, US-amerikanischer physicist
• 1971: Fritz Eichler, Austrian archaeologist
• 1971: Max Suhrbier, German politician
• 1971: Philippe Thys, Belgian wheel running driver
• 1972: David Seville, US-American singer and Songschreiber
• 1977: Anna Klöcker, German politician and MdL
• 1977: Leif Panduro, Danish writer and dentist
• 1978: Ilse Decho, German glass andPorzellangestalterin
• 1979: August Heissmeyer, general of the weapon SS
• 1981: Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Lee, British actor
• 1986: Eugen Ray, German athlete
• 1986: Stjepan Šulek, Croatian composer and conductor
• 1989: Karl Pouva, founder the KarlPouva kg in free valley
• 1990: Alfred Maleta, Austrian politician, national council president
• 1991: Heinz pure, German writer
• 1997: Juan Landázuri Ricketts, archbishop by Lima and Kardinal
• 1997: Markus Hoffmann, German actor
• 1998: Ludwig Waldleitner, German film producer
• 2000: Wolf Ackva, German actor
• 2001: Laurent Désiré Kabila, president of the democratic Republic of the Congo
• 2002: Robert Hanbury Brown, English physicist and radio astronomer
• 2003: Hans Pietsch, best German Go- Players
• 2004: Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish statesman and prime minister
• 2005: Agustín González, Spanish actor
• 2005: Charlie Bell, Chef of the world largest restaurant company McDonald's
• 2005: Klaus Jepsen, German actor and synchronous speaker

celebrationand anniversaries

• of name days: Marzellus/Marcel, Tasso, Theobald, Tilo

see also: Historical anniversaries, time scale