16th April anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1821
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Ford Madox Brown, English painter" more
  • 1871
  • Ireland
  • "Birth of John Millington Synge, Irish writer" more
  • 1889
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Charlie Chaplin, comic actor and music hall artist." more
• event
  • 1746
  • Great Britain
  • "Battle of Culloden – last battle fought in Britain – 5,000 Highlanders routed by the Duke of Cumberland and 9,000 loyalists Scots." more
  • 1818
  • Canada
  • The Rush-Bagot Treaty formalising the border between Canada and the United States was ratified by the US Senate. more
  • 1853
  • India
  • The first passenger railway train in India started service between Bombay (Mumbai) and Thane. more
  • 1908
  • United States
  • "The Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah, USA ."
  • 1912
  • United States
  • Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the English Channel. more
• Death
  • 1689
  • Great Britain
  • Death of Aphra Behn first professional woman writer. more
  • 1828
  • Spain
  • "Death of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter" more
  • 1850
  • France
  • "Death of Marie (Madame) Tussaud, founder of the eponymous waxworks." more
  • 1859
  • France
  • "Death of Alexis de Tocqueville, French political scientist and historian, best known for his work Democracy in America" more
  • 1904
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer of Self Help - one of the first and probably the best of the books on self improvement." more
  • 1958
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Rosalind Franklin, Scientist whose work as a crystallographer was key to understanding the structure of DNA." more