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Historical Events on November 16

  • American Revolutionary War

    1776

    American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

  • Napoleonic Wars

    1805

    Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.

  • American Old West

    1822

    American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

  • Greek War of Independence

    1828

    Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.

  • American Civil War

    1863

    American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

  • The Holocaust

    1940

    Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

  • Richard Nixon

    1973

    U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.

  • Pakistan

    1988

    In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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