All Events

Historical Events on December 16

  • Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-98)

    1598

    Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.

  • American Civil War

    1863

    American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

  • World War I

    1914

    World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak.

  • The Holocaust

    1942

    The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

  • Korean War

    1950

    Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea.

  • Vietnam War

    1965

    Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.

  • Cleveland, Ohio

    1978

    Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

  • Kazakhstan

    1991

    Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

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