August 16 in History

Finds a repairable bridge at Poissy near Paris & crosses it

The lower Seine bridges have been destroyed, Edward could be stranded

Musters his Army at Nottingham Market Place

Atter victory at the Battle of the Spurs Henry VIII is able to capture Tournai

Henry VIII lays siege to Therouanne & with a single cavalry charge manages to disperse the French

The Scottish Parliament prohibits Mass, under pain of death for a 3rd offence

The Scottish Parliament prohibits Mass, under pain of death for a 3rd offence. The Scottish Parliament abolishes the Popes jurisdiction

The Allied siege of Huy begins under Marlborough's overall command.

Wellingtons brigade captures Lyngby, Denmark

Wellingtons brigade is the 1st to secure a beachhead

Captures Detroit

William Hull surrenders Detroit to the British General Sir Isaac Brock

Leaves France for exile after losing the throne in the July Revolution.

Leads French troops during the capture of Bomarsund in the Aland Islands.

Leads French troops in the capture of Bomarsund.

Supports the capture of Bomarsund in the Baltic.

Bombards the Aland Islands and helps the French force the surrender of the garrison.

Surrenders the isolated Bomarsund fortress after sustained Anglo-French land and naval attacks.

Kitchener arrives with a large relief column after the Elands River garrison has resisted nearly two weeks of siege.

Appointed chairman of the Committee of Ministers.

Moves from finance to the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers.

Leaves direct control of the Finance Ministry.

Coordinates government relief after the destructive Valparaiso earthquake.

The First Neergaard Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Council President of Denmark.

Begins the Holstein-Ledreborg Government in Copenhagen and serves as Council President of Denmark.

Assumes acting executive authority following the death of President Pedro Montt.

The forts around Liege are finally taken

The forts around Liege are finally taken

Ottoman forces launch repeated bomb and bayonet counterattacks against the Allied foothold on Kiretch Tepe.

Supports detailed provisions governing the special wartime commissions of inquiry.

Gough continues the offensive around Langemarck despite difficult ground and stronger German resistance.

Haig continues the Ypres offensive as British forces attack around Langemarck in difficult conditions.

Discusses moving reliable troops toward Petrograd.

Condemns the Law for the Protection of the Republic

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Takes office after Rafael Franco is removed from power.

A joint Anglo-American complete the capture Sicily after taking Messina

The Allies complete the capture of Sicily

A joint Anglo-American force captures Sicily, 24,000 Germans had been killed

Appoints Model Commander of the West at the height of the crisis on the Eastern Front

Awarded Diamonds to the Knights Cross

The drive for Trun by Polish and Canadian Armoured Divisions began on August 16, with preliminary attacks in preparation for an assault against Trun and Chambois. The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division break into Falaise, encountering minor opposition from Waffen SS units and scattered pockets of German infantry

Refuses to carry out an order from the OKW to counter-attack

The drive for Trun by Polish and Canadian Armoured Divisions began on August 16, with preliminary attacks in preparation for an assault against Trun and Chambois. Stanislaw Maczek, the Polish divisional commander, split his forces into three battlegroups each of an armoured regiment and an infantry battalion

The drive for Trun by Polish and Canadian Armoured Divisions began on August 16, with preliminary attacks in preparation for an assault against Trun and Chambois. The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division break into Falaise, encountering minor opposition from Waffen SS units and scattered pockets of German infantry

The drive for Trun by Polish and Canadian Armoured Divisions began on August 16, with preliminary attacks in preparation for an assault against Trun and Chambois

The drive for Trun by Polish and Canadian Armoured Divisions began on August 16, with preliminary attacks in preparation for an assault against Trun and Chambois

The first Vietminh troops enter Hanoi

Summons 60 comrades to Tran Ho to form the National Liberation Committee

Summons 60 comrades to Tran Ho to form the National Liberation Committee

Molotov signs the Polish-Soviet state frontier treaty establishing the boundary broadly along the Curzon Line with specified deviations in favour of Poland.

Appointed President of the National Liberation Committee

Japanese military commands receive imperial authority to cease fighting and surrender.

Issues an Imperial Order directing Japanese forces to surrender

Commands Viet Minh forces during the August Revolution

Calls for the Direct Action Day, in Calcutta there are 20,000 casualties

Calls for the Direct Action Day, in Calcutta there are 20,000 casualties

Jinnah issues a call for all Muslims to launch "Direct Action" to "achieve Pakistan", strikes and protests are planned, but violence breaks out all over India, especially in Calcutta and the district of Noakhali in Bengal

Jinnah issues a call for all Muslims to launch "Direct Action" to "achieve Pakistan", strikes and protests are planned, but violence breaks out all over India, especially in Calcutta and the district of Noakhali in Bengal

Calls for the Direct Action Day, in Calcutta there are 20,000 casualties

Kerensky develops his views through democratic opposition after 1917.

The Jean Duvieusart Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.

Begins the Joseph Pholien Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.

The Shah fails to have Mossadeq arrested & is forced to leave to country for Italy

Mossadeq is dimissed by the Shah in accordane with Anglo-US wishes

Rejects proposals from the London conference intended to place the canal under international control.

Supports a maritime conference in London to seek international arrangements for operation of the Suez Canal.

Hosts delegations seeking an international system for canal management after nationalization

Opens diplomatic efforts at the London Conference after the canal nationalization

Menzies leads Australia's delegation to the London conference considering the future operation of the canal.

Boycotts the London conference on international control of the Suez Canal.

Directs Der Hauptmann von Kopenick.

The Beatles open at the Indra night-club

The Beatles open at the Indra night-club

The Beatles open at the Indra night-club

Assumes the office of President of Cyprus

Is dismissed as the Beatles prepare for their EMI recording career.

Pete Best is sacked

The FBI interviewed Oswald on August 16, 1962, about his Soviet residence, and he denied making any agreement with Soviet representatives.

After further Oswald leafleting, Bringuier sent an associate to Oswald's home posing as a Castro sympathizer in an attempt to learn more about his activities.

Oswald again distributed Fair Play for Cuba literature on August 16, 1963, this time outside the International Trade Mart.

Oswald distributed Fair Play for Cuba Committee literature outside the International Trade Mart with hired assistance.

Local television news filmed Oswald's Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting, giving his pro-Castro campaign wider public exposure.

The Soviet leadership approves military intervention against the Prague Spring reform movement.

Signs the Treaty of Friendship & Mutual Assistance with Czechoslovakia

Asif Nawaz Janjua becomes Chief of Army Staff, succeeding General Mirza Aslam Beg.

Sees the State Duma confirm Vladimir Putin as prime minister one week after his appointment.

Appoinred Member of French National Assembly for the fourth consistuency of Seine Maritime

Appoinred Member of French National Assembly for the fourth consistuency of Seine Maritime

The Paroubek Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czech Republic.

Voyager 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach one hundred astronomical units from the Sun.

Sets out a strategy for confronting ISIL and its territorial expansion across Iraq and Syria.

Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 and win the Spanish Super Cup.

Defends withdrawal as the Taliban retakes Kabul.

US policy supports domestic high-assay low-enriched uranium supply.

Signs the Inflation Reduction Act.

Birth of Arthur Cayley

Birth of Thomas Edward Lawrence.

Onishi commits suicide after Japan's surrender, following his central role in organizing naval special-attack operations.

Death of Bela Lugosi

Death of Elvis Aaron Presley, at his mansion in Memphis

Death of Idi Amin Dada, in exile in Saudi Arabia

Henry VIII & his Austrian mercenaries route the French, at Guinegate, now Enguinegatte, France. English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice. Called "battle of the Spurs" because of the haste of the French to leave the battlefield. Atter victory at the Battle of the Spurs Henry VIII is able to capture Tournai

Henry VIII & Ferdinand of Aragon fight France, French knights lose their spurs. Emperor Maximilian & Henry defeat the French at Guineagate

English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice

Vendome resists Eugene of Savoy at Cassano in a bloody battle on the Adda.

Attacks the strongest Turkish fortification in the Balkans

Attacks the strongest Turkish fortification in the Balkans

Defeats an American force led by General Gates

The Continentals, led by de Kalb, are defeated

Commands Sardinian troops that help defeat the Russian attack at the Chernaya River.

Commands French cavalry supporting the Allied victory over the Russian attack at the Chernaya River.

Leads Sardinian forces contributing to the Allied victory at the Chernaya River.

Commands a Sardinian brigade during the successful defence against the Russian attack at the Chernaya.

Orders the Russian attempt to break the siege at the Chernaya River, which ends in defeat.

Fails in the last major attempt to relieve Sevastopol.

Helps defeat the Russian attack at the Chernaya River.

Commands Russian troops during the failed attempt to relieve Sevastopol at the Chernaya River.

Commands Russian troops during the unsuccessful attack on Allied positions at the Chernaya River.

Participates in the Russian attempt to relieve pressure on Sevastopol at the Chernaya River.

Commands a Sardinian brigade at the Chernaya and is mortally wounded during the Allied victory.

Commands a Russian corps in the attack at the Chernaya River and is killed during the fighting.

Ends in Russian defeat and the last hope for relieving Sevastopol.

Bazaine is forced back to Metz

Bazaine is forced back to Metz

Bazaine is forced back to Metz

The last of the forts surrounding Liege surrenders to Ludendorfs forces. The forts around Liege are finally taken

Maxse commands XVIII Corps near Ypres.

Continues attacking a German fighter despite severe burns and a burning Hurricane.

His actions later earn Fighter Command's only Victoria Cross of the war.

Directs fighters as Tangmere and other southern targets are attacked.

No. 11 Group contests repeated raids over southern England.

Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames by Archbishop Oda