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Historical Events on May 16

  • Louis XVI of France

    1770

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

  • Battle of Albuera

    1811

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

  • Greek War of Independence

    1822

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

  • United States Congress

    1866

    The United States Congress establishes the nickel.

  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

    1868

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

  • Electric power transmission

    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.

  • Sykes-Picot Agreement

    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.

  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    1943

    The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.

  • United States Congress

    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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