Tuesday, October 16, 2012

October 16th in History


1384 - Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.


1793 - Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.

1834 - Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.

1905 - The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

1934 - Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.

1939 - World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe.

1946 - Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.

1951 - The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis between the United States, and Cuba and the USSR, begins.

1978 - Pope John Paul II is elected after the October 1978 Papal conclave.

Famous Birthdays:

1430 - King James II of Scotland 

1751 - Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of Prussia 

1890 - Michael Collins, politician

1928 - Mary Daly, feminist philosopher and theologian 

1967 - Davina McCall, television presenter

2003 - HRH Princess Kritika of Nepal, daughter of HRH The Crown Prince Paras and HRH The Crown Princess Himani of Nepal. She is a granddaughter of His Majesty King Gyanendra of Nepal.

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