May 16 in History

Historical Events on May 16

1770 A 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.

1811 Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.

1822 Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.

1866 The United States Congress establishes the nickel.

1868 United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.

1888 Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.

1916 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.

1943 The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.

1991 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

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Famous Birthdays on May 16

1966 Janet Jackson

1969 Tucker Carlson

1974 Laura Pausini

1991 Grigor Dimitrov

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Famous Deaths on May 16

1953 Django Reinhardt

1990 Sammy Davis Jr.

1990 Jim Henson

2013 Dick Trickle

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