Grant at Odstock
At Easter, Athelstan granted twelve hides at Odstock to his minister Byrhtferth.
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April 16 in History
This permanent archive page contains 162 World History Database records for April 16, spanning 928 to 2024. Recorded topics include Grant at Odstock; Birth of son; Succession.
Total: 162Events: 140Births: 7Deaths: 2Battles: 13Countries: 41
Events on April 16
Succession
Summoned by Edward I to meet him to settle the Scottish succession
Succession
Summoned by Edward I to meet him to settle the Scottish succession
Succession
Summoned by Edward I to meet him to settle the Scottish succession
Invasion of France
At a Great Council meeting Beaufort announces Henry V has decided to invade France
Invasion of England
King Edward had learned of Margarets landing only two days after she arrived. Although he had given many of his supporters and troops leave after the victory at Barnet, he was rapidly able to muster a substantial force at Windsor, just west of London
Diet
Princes are not allowed to decide the religious allegiance of their states. At the 2nd Diet of Speyer the Imperial decree of the 1st Diet is repealed
Baptism
Baptised in the church of St. Michael le Belfrey
Exile of Charles II
Sets sail for Jersey from the Scilly Isles on the Proud Black Eagle
Capture of Schweidnitz
Prussia captures Schweidnitz
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Reform of Catholic Rights
Reform for Roman Catholic subjects receives Royal assent
Visit to Dover
Arrives in Dover to begin a state visit of Britain.
Declaration of Paris
Signs rules affecting privateering and maritime war.
Constitution of Venezuela
A new constitution lengthened the presidential term and strengthened executive authority.
North German Constitution
Bismarck accepts French mediation after Königgrätz while insisting upon Prussia's essential terms.
Constitutional Progressive Party Organised
Becomes a leading figure in Japan's new Progressive Party.
Rikken Kaishinto Founded
Helps found the Rikken Kaishinto constitutional party.
President of South Africa
Appointed President of South Africa
Hemsoborna
August Strindbergs "Hemsoborna" premiered in Copenhagen
President of Ecuador
Appointed acting President of Ecuador
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's, 1st term
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Nicholas II responds to pressure from conservatives & dismisses Witte
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Nicholas II accepts Witte's resignation under conservative pressure.
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Resigns as chairman of the Council of Ministers.
Carpathia Return Voyage Account
Records observations of life aboard Carpathia while the rescue ship carries the survivors toward New York.
Carpathia Survivor Names Request
Uses Cunard agent Sumner's name in a wireless request asking Carpathia to send the names of Titanic survivors.
Relay Through Other Ships
Uses other ships as relays when direct communication with distant shore stations is difficult.
Survivor Fundraising
Helps raise money aboard Carpathia for Titanic survivors who lost possessions in the sinking.
Survivor List Identification
Is identified among the first-class survivors carried by Carpathia after the sinking.
Survivor Lists Prepared for Radio
Receives survivor names gathered aboard Carpathia for transmission to anxious relatives and authorities.
Survivor Names Transmission
Transmits names of Titanic survivors from Carpathia as lists are assembled aboard the rescue ship.
Survivor Voyage to New York
Travels aboard Carpathia toward New York with the other Titanic survivors.
Survivors Carried West
Carries hundreds of Titanic survivors westward while Carpathia proceeds toward New York.
Titanic Operator Assists
Shares the heavy post-rescue wireless workload with surviving Titanic operator Harold Bride.
Titanic Survivors Committee
Helps organize a committee of survivors to provide practical assistance to people rescued from Titanic.
Wireless Work with Harold Bride
Works with Titanic operator Harold Bride after the rescue to handle the exceptional volume of wireless traffic.
Army Reform
Kerensky develops his views through army reform after 1917.
A German Treaty
A German Treaty is signed in Italy, recognizes the Soviet Union
Rapallo Negotiations
Plays a leading Foreign Office role in the German-Soviet negotiations that produce the Treaty of Rapallo.
Treaty of Rapallo
Signs the Treaty of Rapallo, restoring German-Soviet diplomatic relations and mutually renouncing war-related financial claims.
Treaty of Rapallo
Signs the Treaty of Rapallo alongside Foreign Minister Rathenau, restoring diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia.
Treaty of Russia
A German Treaty is signed in Italy, recognizes the Soviet Union
Agreement on Withdraw from the Spanish Civil War
Italy agrees to withdraw from the Spanish Civil War. Britain & Italy make a pact recognizing Italian rule in Ethiopia
Anglo-Italian Agreement
Concludes the Anglo-Italian Agreement, treating improved relations with Italy as part of a broader policy of European appeasement.
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Foreign Minister
Treaty of Anglo-Italian
Italy agrees to withdraw troops from Spain. Britain recognizes the King of Italy as Emperor of Ethiopia
Albania Annexed
Mussolini incorporates Albania into the Italian sphere under the Savoy crown
Invasion of Albania
Succeeds as the King of Albania after the Italian occupation
King of Albania
Victor Emmanuel III accepts the Albanian crown under Italian occupation
Succession
Succeeds as the King of Albania after the Italian occupation
Invasion of Norway
The Allied Expeditionary Force lands at Namsos
Fuhrerbunker
The Red Army start the Battle of Berlin by attacking German front line positions on the rivers Oder and Neisse
Red Army
The Red Army start the Battle of Berlin by attacking German front line positions on the rivers Oder and Neisse
Chance for Peace Address
Delivers the Chance for Peace address, calling for reduced international tensions and warning about the economic burden of armaments.
Youth House Remand
A New York judge declared Oswald a truant on April 16, 1953, and remanded him to Youth House for psychiatric study.
Air Strike Cancellation Challenged
Cabell goes to Rusk with Bissell to challenge cancellation of the planned D-Day air strikes.
Cancellation of Second Air Strike
Cancels or limits further overt air strikes before the landing phase of the operation
Cancellation of Second Air Strike
Supports caution over additional air strikes because of diplomatic and deniability concerns
D-Day Air Strike Protest
Bissell joins Cabell in arguing that cancellation of the dawn strikes leaves Castro's remaining aircraft able to attack the brigade.
D-Day Air Strikes Cancelled
Bundy informs Cabell that dawn air strikes are not to proceed until they can be launched from the beachhead.
Escape from Las Delicias
Martinez escapes into the countryside after the Las Delicias uprising is defeated.
Invasion of Cuba
Merardo Leon, Jose Leon, and 14 others staged an armed uprising at Las Delicias Estate in Las Villas, with only four surviving. Leonel Martinez and three others took to the countryside
Invasion of Cuba
Merardo Leon, Jose Leon, and 14 others staged an armed uprising at Las Delicias Estate in Las Villas, with only four surviving. Leonel Martinez and three others took to the countryside
Invasion of Cuba
Merardo Leon, Jose Leon, and 14 others staged an armed uprising at Las Delicias Estate in Las Villas, with only four surviving. Leonel Martinez and three others took to the countryside
Landing Diversion Deadline Passed
Bundy confirms that no presidential diversion order has been issued, allowing the landing operation to proceed.
Las Delicias Resistance
Merardo Leon participates in the armed uprising at Las Delicias.
Las Delicias Uprising
Jose Leon joins an armed anti-Castro uprising at the Las Delicias estate.
Political Grounds for Strike Cancellation
Rusk explains the political reasons preventing the planned dawn strikes before the beachhead airfield is secured.
CBS
Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edward's as anchorman of the CBS Evening News, a job in which he became an American icon
Dallas Unemployment Claim Denied
Texas employment officials denied Lee's unemployment claim because he lacked sufficient wage credits.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
King completes his defence of nonviolent direct action while imprisoned in Birmingham.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Writes Letter from Birmingham Jail, defending nonviolent civil disobedience against unjust laws.
Research and Development Review Board
CIA established a Research and Development Review Board to coordinate scientific and technical programs across Agency components during McCone's reorganization.
The Rolling Stones Album
The Rolling Stones release their debut UK album.
Message to the Tricontinental
Guevara's Message to the Tricontinental is published, calling for wider revolutionary struggle in the developing world.
Something
Begins recording, "Something"
Apollo 13 Power-Up
Works in simulators on command module power-up procedures.
SALT Vienna Talks
The main round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks opens in Vienna
Apollo 16 CSM-LM Docking
Pilots Casper during transposition and docking with lunar module Orion after launch.
Apollo 16 Launch
Commands Apollo 16, the fifth crewed lunar landing mission.
Bombing of Hanoi
US bombers attack Hanoi, 1st raid on a North Vietnamese city by the US since 1968
White House Tape 427-005
John Ehrlichman appears with Richard Nixon and Ronald Ziegler in the 29-minute White House recording numbered 427-005; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 427-005
Richard Nixon appears with Ronald Ziegler and John Ehrlichman in the 29-minute White House recording numbered 427-005; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 427-005
Ronald Ziegler appears with Richard Nixon and John Ehrlichman in the 29-minute White House recording numbered 427-005; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 427-010
John Dean appears with Richard Nixon in the 19-minute White House recording numbered 427-010; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 427-010
Richard Nixon appears with John Dean in the 19-minute White House recording numbered 427-010; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-003
John Ehrlichman appears with Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman in the 19-minute White House recording numbered 897-003; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-003
H. R. Haldeman appears with Richard Nixon and John Ehrlichman in the 19-minute White House recording numbered 897-003; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-003
Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman in the 19-minute White House recording numbered 897-003; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-004
John Dean appears with Richard Nixon in the 37-minute White House recording numbered 897-004; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-004
Richard Nixon appears with John Dean in the 37-minute White House recording numbered 897-004; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-009
John Dean appears with Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman in the 12-minute White House recording numbered 897-009; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-009
H. R. Haldeman appears with Richard Nixon and John Dean in the 12-minute White House recording numbered 897-009; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-009
Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman and John Dean in the 12-minute White House recording numbered 897-009; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-011
H. R. Haldeman appears with Richard Nixon in the 22-minute White House recording numbered 897-011; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 897-011
Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman in the 22-minute White House recording numbered 897-011; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
Sixty-Four Tape Subpoena
Issues a subpoena seeking sixty-four additional White House recordings for the Watergate grand jury and criminal prosecution.
Vice President
Is appointed Vice President of Egypt by President Anwar Sadat.
United Nations
Defines rules of engagement as self-defense under United Nations Charter Article 41
Resignation of Mohammad Najibullah
Najibullah announces his resignation as government authority collapses and opposition forces approach Kabul.
Hamas
In Israel 20 soldiers and civilians are injured in Hamass first suicide attack against Israelis
Srebrenica Safe Area
Oversees implementation of the Security Council's safe-area policy.
Srebrenica Safe Area
Welcomes United Nations protection for Srebrenica's civilian population.
Suicide
In Israel 20 soldiers and civilians are injured in Hamass first suicide attack against Israelis
Regional Diplomacy
I participates in regional diplomacy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Athens Enlargement Treaty Ceremony
Participates as ten accession countries sign their treaties during the Greek Presidency.
Athens Informal European Council
Hosts an informal European Council during the Greek Presidency as leaders discuss the future of Europe.
Treaty of Accession
Fenech Adami heads Malta's government as the country concludes its accession treaty with the European Union.
Treaty of Accession
Ahern represents Ireland as the Athens agreement prepares ten candidate countries for Union membership.
Treaty of Accession
Aznar represents Spain as the Union signs accession terms with ten Central European and Mediterranean states.
Treaty of Accession
Balkenende represents the Netherlands in the Union's formal agreement for the ten-state enlargement.
Treaty of Accession
Barroso represents Portugal when the Union signs the treaty admitting ten countries in the following year.
Treaty of Accession
Berlusconi represents Italy when the accession treaty for the ten-state enlargement is concluded.
Treaty of Accession
Blair represents Britain when the Athens treaty completes the accession framework for ten incoming states.
Treaty of Accession
Brazauskas leads Lithuania when the Athens treaty completes the legal framework for Lithuanian accession.
Treaty of Accession
Chirac backs France's participation in the treaty opening the final route to the 2004 enlargement.
Treaty of Accession
Dzurinda heads Slovakia as the accession treaty establishes the final legal basis for Slovak membership.
Treaty of Accession
Juncker represents Luxembourg as the Union concludes the accession agreement with ten candidate countries.
Treaty of Accession
Lipponen represents Finland at the Athens settlement concluding accession negotiations with ten applicants.
Treaty of Accession
Medgyessy leads Hungary at the Athens ceremony establishing the treaty basis for Hungarian membership.
Treaty of Accession
Miller leads Poland as the accession treaty fixes the terms under which Poland will enter the European Union.
Treaty of Accession
Papadopoulos leads Cyprus at the Athens signing that sets the legal terms for Cypriot EU membership.
Treaty of Accession
Parts leads Estonia when the Athens treaty formally sets the terms for Estonian accession.
Treaty of Accession
Persson backs Sweden's participation in the treaty enabling the European Union's major 2004 enlargement.
Treaty of Accession
Rasmussen backs Denmark's approval of the Athens enlargement settlement with the ten candidate states.
Treaty of Accession
Repse heads Latvia's government as the country signs its accession settlement at Athens.
Treaty of Accession
Rop leads Slovenia during the Athens treaty ceremony completing Slovenia's membership negotiations.
Treaty of Accession
Schroder represents Germany as the Union completes the treaty framework for its eastward enlargement.
Treaty of Accession
Schussel backs Austria's participation in the Athens treaty settlement preparing the 2004 expansion.
Treaty of Accession
Simitis hosts the Athens ceremony as Greece holds the Council Presidency during the historic enlargement agreement.
Treaty of Accession
Spidla leads the Czech government at the treaty ceremony setting the country's path to membership in May 2004.
Treaty of Accession
Verhofstadt represents Belgium as the Union signs the Athens treaty admitting ten new member states.
Four Goals Against Leeds United
Scores four times in Arsenal's 5-0 league victory over Leeds United during the unbeaten title campaign.
Credit Crunch
JP Morgan profits dive 50 per cent
Nationalization
Announces the expropriation of a controlling stake in YPF from Repsol
April Prisoner Exchange
Welcomes another exchange that returns Ukrainians held in the occupied parts of Donbas.
Economic Reopening Guidelines
Announces phased guidelines for reopening the U.S. economy.
Gaia BH3
Leads the discovery of Gaia BH3, a dormant roughly 33-solar-mass stellar black hole in the Milky Way identified through Gaia astrometry.
Mobilization Law
Signs legislation intended to strengthen mobilization for Ukraine's armed forces.
Births on April 16
Birth of son
Death of Frederick I Duke of Austria (Babenberg), the son of Duke Leopold V of Austria and Helena of Hungary
Birth of George Charles Binghan
Birth of George Charles Binghan
Birth of Charlie Chaplin
Birth of Charlie Chaplin
Birth of Kingsley Amiss
Kingsley Amis, novelist and poet, is born
Birth of Benedict XVI
Birth of Benedict XVI, Joseph Alois Ratzinger
Birth of Dusty Springfield
Birth of Dusty Springfield
Birth of Lee Kirslake
Birth of Lee Kirslake
Deaths on April 16
Death of George Villiers
Death of George Villiers
Death of Aphra Behn
Dies and is buried in Westminster Abbey
Battles on April 16
Battle of Lech
Withdraws to Bavaria but is injured holding to crossings of the River Lech
Battle of Culloden Moor
Cut down by the English dragoons and killed on the spot
Battle of Culloden Moor
In 40 minutes 20% of the 5,000 Highland army is killed, Cumberland loses 50 from 9,000. Ends the Stuart efforts to regain the British throne, the last land Battle in Britain
Battle of Culloden Moor
The conflict was the last pitched battle fought on British soil.
Battle of Culloden Moor
The final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Battle of Culloden Moor
The Hanoverian victory at Culloden halted the Jacobite intent to overthrow the House of Hanover and restore the House of Stuart to the British throne; Charles Stuart never again tried to challenge Hanoverian power in Great Britain.
Battle of Culloden Moor
The Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart are decisively defeated by Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.
Battle of Culloden Moor
The last land Battle in Britain. In 40 minutes 20% of the 5,000 Highland army is killed, Cumberland loses 50 from 9,000. Charles & Murray attempt to surprise Cumberland but the Stuarts are defeated
Battle of Culloden Moor
Present at the Battle of Culloden
Battle of Porto Praya
Defeated by the Dutch on his way to attack the Dutch colony of Cape of Good Hope
Battle of Marne, 1st
Plans to use 27 French Divisions but his plans are intercepted & the Allies advance 4 miles
Battle of Berlin
The Red Army start the Battle of Berlin by attacking German front line positions on the rivers Oder and Neisse
Battle of Seelow Heights
Weidling prepared to take part in the Battle of the Seelow Heights, which was part of the broader Battle of the Oder-Neisse. Weidlings LVI Panzer Corps was in the centre, flanked by the CI Army Corps to his left and the XI SS Panzer Corps to his right. All three corps were part of General Theodor Busses 9th Army, which was defending the heights above the River Oder