On this day

What happened on March 16?

Discover what happened on March 16 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Births

  • 1800: Emperor Ninkō (emperor of Japan (1800-1846))
  • 1800: Archer Clive ((1800-1878))
  • 1801: Gustaaf Willem Hendrik van Imhoff (Dutch politician (1801–1890))
  • 1802: Johann Friedrich Hector Philippi (German judge (1802-1880))
  • 1802: Antonius Hirschig C.Z. (Dutch translator (1802-1871))
  • 1802: George A. McCall (Union Army general)
  • 1802: George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield (Irish Earl (1802-1876))
  • 1802: Karl Joseph Kuwasseg (Austrian painter (1802-1877))
  • 1802: Lucius Junius Polk (American politician in Tennessee (1802-1870))
  • 1802: Josef Schönhansl
  • 1802: Edward McCrady (American lawyer and politician (1802-1892))
  • 1802: Johann Ulrich Burri (Swiss engraver (1802-1870))
  • 1802: Karl Josip Kuwasseg
  • 1802: Johann Friedrich Hector Philippi (German judge (1802-1880))
  • 1802: Antonius Hirschig C.Z. (Dutch translator (1802-1871))
  • 1802: George A. McCall (Union Army general)
  • 1802: George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield (Irish Earl (1802-1876))
  • 1802: Karl Joseph Kuwasseg (Austrian painter (1802-1877))
  • 1802: Lucius Junius Polk (American politician in Tennessee (1802-1870))
  • 1802: Josef Schönhansl
  • 1802: Edward McCrady (American lawyer and politician (1802-1892))
  • 1802: Johann Ulrich Burri (Swiss engraver (1802-1870))
  • 1802: Burchard Friedrich von Lemm
  • 1802: Robert Samuel Palmer ((1802-1891))
  • 1802: Jacques-Etienne Brocher ((1802-1880))
  • 1802: Karl Josip Kuwasseg
  • 1802: Hannah Bellamy
  • 1802: Johann Friedrich Hector Philippi (German judge (1802-1880))
  • 1802: Antonius Hirschig C.Z. (Dutch translator (1802-1871))
  • 1802: George A. McCall (Union Army general)
  • 1802: George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield (Irish Earl (1802-1876))
  • 1802: Karl Joseph Kuwasseg (Austrian painter (1802-1877))
  • 1802: Lucius Junius Polk (American politician in Tennessee (1802-1870))
  • 1802: Josef Schönhansl
  • 1802: Edward McCrady (American lawyer and politician (1802-1892))
  • 1802: Johann Ulrich Burri (Swiss engraver (1802-1870))
  • 1803: Varvara Arkadyevna Suvorova ((1803-1885))
  • 1803: Josephus Serigiers (merchant)
  • 1803: Petrus Van der Stappen (curate)
  • 1803: Patrick De Combes (Swiss politician)
  • 1804: Jules-Claude Ziegler (French artist (1804-1856))
  • 1804: Franz Karl Hillardt (Austrian civil servant, pedagogue and contributing editor)
  • 1804: Elizabeth Moss Crittenden ((1804-1873))
  • 1804: Giovanni Marchesi (Italian artist)
  • 1804: Joannes-Baptista Coopman (curate)
  • 1804: Giovanni Marchesi (Italian artist)
  • 1804: Joannes-Baptista Coopman (curate)
  • 1806: Bernardino Bellatreccia (Italian priest and poet (1806-1870))
  • 1806: Gustaf Georg Stierngrana
  • 1807: William W. Woodworth (American politician (1807-1873))
  • 1807: Eugène de Ladoucette (French politician)
  • 1807: Burgess Sidney Gaither (American politician)
  • 1807: Friedrich Leizmann (German journalist (1807-1875))
  • 1807: Townshend Mainwaring (British politician, MP for Denbigh Boroughs)
  • 1807: Jean-Étienne-Guillaume Arnaud
  • 1807: Joseph Diemer ((1807-1869))
  • 1807: František Slavíček
  • 1807: Jane Brown ((1807-1886))
  • 1807: Arthur W. Austin (American attorney and government official)
  • 1807: William W. Woodworth (American politician (1807-1873))
  • 1807: Eugène de Ladoucette (French politician)
  • 1807: Burgess Sidney Gaither (American politician)
  • 1807: Friedrich Leizmann (German journalist (1807-1875))
  • 1807: Townshend Mainwaring (British politician, MP for Denbigh Boroughs)
  • 1807: Jean-Étienne-Guillaume Arnaud
  • 1807: Joseph Diemer ((1807-1869))
  • 1807: František Slavíček
  • 1807: Jane Brown ((1807-1886))
  • 1807: Arthur W. Austin (American attorney and government official)
  • 1808: August Pfizmaier (Austrian translator (1808-1887))
  • 1808: Hubert Joseph Dolez (Belgian politician (1808-1880))
  • 1808: Henri Hogard (French geologist (1808–1880))
  • 1808: Félix-Hyacinthe Lemaire (Canadian politician (1808-1879))
  • 1808: Robert Bell (Canadian politician)
  • 1808: Jan Eduard de Vries (Dutch painter)
  • 1808: Hannah T. King (British-American writer, pioneer)
  • 1808: Hermann Friedrich Zeyss
  • 1810: Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (English politician (1810–1873))
  • 1810: Camille Schubert (French composer and music publisher (1810-1889))
  • 1810: Edmüller
  • 1810: James Pringle of Stichill the Younger ((1810-1865))
  • 1810: Sarah Bland (Peerage person ID=711911)
  • 1810: Karl Johann Albrecht von Wyttenbach ((1810-1896))
  • 1811: Georg Gottlieb Schirges (German journalist and publisher (1811-1879))
  • 1811: Fredrik Holmqvist (Swedish politician (1811-1876))
  • 1811: John Thomas Wilson (Union Army officer (1811-1891))
  • 1811: Jožef Hašnik
  • 1811: Marie-Louise-Caroline Redon de Beaupréau
  • 1811: August Schott
  • 1811: Hannah Elizabeth Macleod ((died 1873))
  • 1811: Elizabeth Savery Pinsent ((1811-1888))
  • 1811: Charles Antoine Népomucène Adrien Köhler
  • 1812: Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas (Spanish noble (1812-1873))
  • 1812: Eugène Nyon (French playwright (1812-1870))
  • 1812: Carlo Usigli
  • 1812: Eduard Kessler
  • 1812: Lars Norin
  • 1812: Joseph de Cigalla (Greek writer and physician (1812-1886))
  • 1812: John Lewis Dyer (Methodist circuit rider in Colorado (1812-1901))
  • 1812: Henry Dwight Terry (American general)
  • 1812: Friedrich Hastenpflug
  • 1812: Lazare Garreau (French botanist (1812-1892))
  • 1812: Abigail Fobes Packard ((1812-1884))
  • 1812: Sir John Edward Honywood, 6th Bt. ((1812-1845))
  • 1813: Gaëtan de Rochebouët (Prime Minister of France (1813-1899))
  • 1813: Friedrich Jansen (German politician and entrepreneur (1813-1870))
  • 1813: Carlo Guasco (Italian opera singer)
  • 1813: Heinrich Hüni (Swiss politician and entrepreneur (1813-1876))
  • 1813: Robert Emanuel Heinrich Bürkner
  • 1813: Charles Ray King (American physician, farmer and author)
  • 1813: Paul Roze
  • 1813: Margaret Anne Bathurst ((died 1874))
  • 1813: Anna Amory ((16 Mar 1813 – 29 Nov 1895))
  • 1813: Sofia Gerhardt (founder of the Leningrad Zoo)
  • 1813: Gaëtan de Rochebouët (Prime Minister of France (1813-1899))
  • 1813: Friedrich Jansen (German politician and entrepreneur (1813-1870))
  • 1813: Carlo Guasco (Italian opera singer)
  • 1813: Heinrich Hüni (Swiss politician and entrepreneur (1813-1876))
  • 1813: Robert Emanuel Heinrich Bürkner
  • 1813: Charles Ray King (American physician, farmer and author)
  • 1813: Paul Roze
  • 1813: Margaret Anne Bathurst ((died 1874))
  • 1813: Anna Amory ((16 Mar 1813 – 29 Nov 1895))
  • 1813: Sofia Gerhardt (founder of the Leningrad Zoo)
  • 1813: Joanna De Kezel
  • 1813: Diepold von Köckritz (German painter)
  • 1813: Huibert Ravenswaay (military officer)
  • 1819: Karl Samwer (German politician, jurist and librarian (1819-1882))
  • 1819: Pauline Bethune (person (1819-1829)
  • 1820: Enrico Tamberlik (Italian opera singer (1820–1889))
  • 1820: Beneš Metod Kulda (Czech member of Czech council, ethnographer, religion writer, publicist, writer and roman catholic priest (1820–1903))
  • 1820: Thomas Edmond Knox ((1820-1898))
  • 1820: John Frend ((1820-1826))
  • 1820: Angelica Livingston Hamilton ((1820-1896))
  • 1820: Mary A. Kidder (American hymn writer)
  • 1820: M. Augustine Roulez
  • 1822: Rosa Bonheur (French artist (1822-1899))
  • 1822: John Pope (Union United States Army general (1822-1892))
  • 1822: Peter Witte (German politician (1822-1902))
  • 1824: Franciscus Van Strydonck (teacher)
  • 1824: George Gary (19th century American politician)
  • 1824: François Marie de Kergrist (French official (19th century))
  • 1825: Auguste Poulet-Malassis (French printer and publisher (1825–1878))
  • 1825: Camilo Castelo Branco (19th-century Portuguese writer (1825–1890))
  • 1825: William Wallace (American wire manufacturer and inventor)
  • 1825: Fedele De Siervo (Italian politician)
  • 1825: Francis Joseph Steingass (British linguist (1825–1903))
  • 1825: Wilhelm Lagercrantz
  • 1825: Lucy Virginia French (American writer (1825-1881))
  • 1825: Robert Carter Pitman (American politician (1825–1891))
  • 1825: Jonathan Baker Moore (American politician (1825-1889))
  • 1825: Leverett Saltonstall II (American politician and lawyer (1825–1895))
  • 1825: Anton Paschinger (Austrian composer, zither player and flower painter)
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  • 1825: James Cooper (Peerage person ID=284544)
  • 1825: Joseph Benz (Catholic priest in Karlsruhe (1825-1898))
  • 1825: Pasquale Rondinella
  • 1825: Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks (American lawyer (1825–1897))
  • 1825: Louis Baffrey (16.3.1825-14.9.1900)
  • 1825: Susannah Silcock (Servant and sempstress (1825-1875))
  • 1826: Wilhelm Baur (Protestant theologian and popular writer (1826-1897))
  • 1826: Aimé Raphaël Villedieu de Torcy (French politician (1826–1883))
  • 1826: Charles Glachant (French teacher (1826-1889))
  • 1826: Wilhelm Baur (Protestant theologian and popular writer (1826-1897))
  • 1826: Aimé Raphaël Villedieu de Torcy (French politician (1826–1883))