Name something verifiable that happened on this day in history.
For example:
The Boston Tea Party was an act of direct action by the American colonists against Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks on ships in Boston Harbor. The incident, which took place on Thursday, December 16, 1773, has been seen as helping to spark the American Revolution.
2007-12-16 16:15:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
1431 - Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
12/16/1809, Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate
1497 - Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
1707 - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
1920 - A magnitude 8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York's Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding snowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134.
2007-12-16 16:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by Shay p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well there are an infinite number of possiblilities in regards to descrepancies for some occurences and that I myself am not knowledgeable but none the less I will attempt to name one I am aware of.
Battle of Noryang - 1598
The battle of Noryang was the last major battle between the Japanese navy and the combined forces of the Josen & Ming navies during the Japanese attempted invasions of Korea during the Seven Years War. During the battle, The Japanese fleet assembled in the Noryang Strait. They were then attacked by Korean and Ming armada and were defeated severely. This ended the war and Japan's attempt to invade Korea and for the Koreans as the successful defense of their land.
2007-12-17 00:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boston Tea Party
Beethoven's Birthday
Battle of the Bulge started
I was born (too many years ago to count)
2007-12-17 13:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by cjones1303 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1770 in Bonn, Frau Beethoven had a baby boy and named him Ludwig. And five years later, at Steventon, Hampshire, the Rev. and Mrs. Austen had a daughter named Jane.
2007-12-17 00:57:54 · answer #4 · answered by aida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1431- Henry VI is crowned king of france
1707- Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji
1920- an 8.5 earthquake rocks China killing 200,000
and a bunch of other small things
2007-12-17 00:26:06 · answer #5 · answered by gammaraze 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friday 12, 1913:
Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, two years after it was stolen
2007-12-17 00:19:36 · answer #6 · answered by sp4sheehan 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check out this website. You can enter in any date and se what happened on any day in history.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Landing&displayDate=12/16&categoryId=leadstory
2007-12-17 00:21:38 · answer #7 · answered by m_mays89 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/december_16.html
2007-12-17 00:21:20 · answer #8 · answered by hello 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's my parents' anniversary!!!!
yay!
2007-12-17 00:18:44 · answer #9 · answered by imapastry 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋