1272 King Henry III of England died on November 16, 1272. His body was buried in Westminster Abbey and his heart was buried at the abbey at Fontevrault, France. He had ruled for 56 years, a reign unsurpassed in length by an English king until George III clocked up 59 years five centuries later.
1272 Prince Edward became King Edward I of England upon his father Henry III's death, on November 16, 1272. Prince Edward heard the news that he had become the English king while abroad taking part in the Ninth Crusade. He did not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne. In Edward's absence, the country was governed by a royal council, led by Robert Burnell.
1725 Jack Sheppard, a notorious English highwayman and robber, was hanged on November 16, 1725. Sheppard was as renowned for his attempts to escape imprisonment as he was for his crimes. Ultimately, he was caught, convicted, and hanged at Tyburn, ending his brief criminal career after less than two years. The character of Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) was based on Sheppard, keeping him in the limelight for over 100 years.
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| Effigy of King Henry III in Westminster Abbey, |
1272 Prince Edward became King Edward I of England upon his father Henry III's death, on November 16, 1272. Prince Edward heard the news that he had become the English king while abroad taking part in the Ninth Crusade. He did not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne. In Edward's absence, the country was governed by a royal council, led by Robert Burnell.
1725 Jack Sheppard, a notorious English highwayman and robber, was hanged on November 16, 1725. Sheppard was as renowned for his attempts to escape imprisonment as he was for his crimes. Ultimately, he was caught, convicted, and hanged at Tyburn, ending his brief criminal career after less than two years. The character of Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) was based on Sheppard, keeping him in the limelight for over 100 years.
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| Jack Sheppard, in Newgate Prison awaiting execution |
1737 A lifelong bachelor, during his time in the northern Italian town of Mantua, the composer Antonio Vivaldi became acquainted with a young opera singer Anna Tessieri Girò, who would become his student and protégée. There was speculation as to the nature of Vivaldi's and Girò's relationship, but Vivaldi denied any romantic relationship with Girò in a letter to his patron Bentivoglio dated November 16, 1737.
1822 In 1822 Missouri trader William Becknell altered his route to Santa Fe in modern day New Mexico in order to find a trail more suitable for wagon trains, and enable transport of more trade goods. Earlier travelers had ridden on horseback trailing packhorses. He arrived in Santa Fe on November 16, 1822, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
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| Map of the Santa Fe Trail, established by Becknell. |
1848 Whilst staying at 4 St James Palace, London, for a month, Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin gave the last public concert of his life at a Grand Ball held at the Guildhall in aid of Polish refugees on November 16, 1848. Much of the audience stayed in the bar. On his return to Paris, he fell ill with tuberculosis. Chopin died the following year.
1873 W.C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues," was born on November 16, 1873, in Florence, Alabama. He was a composer, bandleader, and musician who played a pivotal role in popularizing and shaping the blues genre. Handy's compositions, such as "St. Louis Blues" and "Memphis Blues," became enduring classics and helped to establish the blues as a distinct and influential form of American music.
1898 Britain's first escalator was installed in Harrods' London store on November 16, 1898. Bill Lancaster noted in The Department Store: a Social History, "customers unnerved by the experience were revived by shopmen dispensing free smelling salts and cognac.”
1902 A cartoon showing President Theodore Roosevelt with a bear ran in the Washington Post on November 16, 1902. (see below). It was inspired by an incident on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902 when Roosevelt refused to shoot a defenseless old black bear that had been tied to a tree. Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman picked up on the story, drawing the cartoon showing President Roosevelt with a bear. The cartoon spawned the teddy bear toy.
1907 Deliberations to make Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory into a state began near the end of the 19th century, when the Curtis Act continued the allotment of Indian tribal land. On November 16, 1907, the western and eastern territories joined together and Oklahoma was established as the 46th state in the Union. The name of the state comes from the Choctaw words okla and humma. It means "Red People".
1920 Qantas, Australia's national airline, was founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited on November 16, 1920. It is the third oldest airline in the world, after KLM and Avianca. On October 20, 2019, Qantas Airways completed the longest commercial flight to date between New York and Sydney using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in 19hr 20min.
1934 Alice Liddell, the little girl for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, died on November 16, 1934. aged 82. She is buried at St Michael’s Church, Lyndhurst, Hampshire.
Carroll gave Alice the handwritten manuscript of his story, with illustrations by himself on November 26, 1864, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day".
1934 France-Albert René, who was the President of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004 was born on November 16, 1934. He is known by government officials and party members as "the Boss."
René ruled as sole leader under a socialist one-party system until 1993, when he was forced to introduce a multi-party system. He stepped down in 2004 in favour of his vice-president, James Michel.
1936 A constitutional crisis began on November 16, 1936 when King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom told Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin he intended to marry Wallis Simpson, despite her two divorces. Desiring to marry Wallis Simpson against widespread opposition, Edward VIII abdicated the throne the following month.
1938 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first made by Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist, on November 16, 1938 from ergotamine, a chemical from the fungus, ergot. Lysergic acid diethylamide causes people who take it to witness illusions. It is often referred to by the slang name acid.
1949 On November 16, 1949, students in the Belgian city of Ghent stormed the medieval castle, lowered the portcullis and threw fruit from the walls at the police to protest a new tax on beer. The event is still commemorated yearly by the city as the greatest student prank in its history.
1959 The Sound of Music musical opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959. Both of the major New York critics hated it, finding it way too saccharine, but producers already had $2 million in advance ticket sales, so their lack of enthusiasm didn't really matter. The play won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
1898 Britain's first escalator was installed in Harrods' London store on November 16, 1898. Bill Lancaster noted in The Department Store: a Social History, "customers unnerved by the experience were revived by shopmen dispensing free smelling salts and cognac.”
1902 A cartoon showing President Theodore Roosevelt with a bear ran in the Washington Post on November 16, 1902. (see below). It was inspired by an incident on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902 when Roosevelt refused to shoot a defenseless old black bear that had been tied to a tree. Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman picked up on the story, drawing the cartoon showing President Roosevelt with a bear. The cartoon spawned the teddy bear toy.
1907 Deliberations to make Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory into a state began near the end of the 19th century, when the Curtis Act continued the allotment of Indian tribal land. On November 16, 1907, the western and eastern territories joined together and Oklahoma was established as the 46th state in the Union. The name of the state comes from the Choctaw words okla and humma. It means "Red People".
1920 Qantas, Australia's national airline, was founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited on November 16, 1920. It is the third oldest airline in the world, after KLM and Avianca. On October 20, 2019, Qantas Airways completed the longest commercial flight to date between New York and Sydney using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in 19hr 20min.
1934 Alice Liddell, the little girl for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, died on November 16, 1934. aged 82. She is buried at St Michael’s Church, Lyndhurst, Hampshire.
Carroll gave Alice the handwritten manuscript of his story, with illustrations by himself on November 26, 1864, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day".
1934 France-Albert René, who was the President of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004 was born on November 16, 1934. He is known by government officials and party members as "the Boss."
René ruled as sole leader under a socialist one-party system until 1993, when he was forced to introduce a multi-party system. He stepped down in 2004 in favour of his vice-president, James Michel.
1936 A constitutional crisis began on November 16, 1936 when King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom told Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin he intended to marry Wallis Simpson, despite her two divorces. Desiring to marry Wallis Simpson against widespread opposition, Edward VIII abdicated the throne the following month.
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| Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on their Mediterranean holiday, 1936 |
1938 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first made by Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist, on November 16, 1938 from ergotamine, a chemical from the fungus, ergot. Lysergic acid diethylamide causes people who take it to witness illusions. It is often referred to by the slang name acid.
1949 On November 16, 1949, students in the Belgian city of Ghent stormed the medieval castle, lowered the portcullis and threw fruit from the walls at the police to protest a new tax on beer. The event is still commemorated yearly by the city as the greatest student prank in its history.
1959 The Sound of Music musical opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959. Both of the major New York critics hated it, finding it way too saccharine, but producers already had $2 million in advance ticket sales, so their lack of enthusiasm didn't really matter. The play won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
1960 The last movie that Clark Gable starred in was The Misfits. Gable's role was demanding physically and strained his heart, weakened by his three-pack-a-day cigarette habit and a 35-pound weight loss from a crash diet before production began. Shortly after completion of The Misfits, Gable died after having had a fourth coronary thrombosis, on November 16, 1960.
1974 NBC-TV began a two-night showing of the motion picture, The Godfather on November 16, 1974. NBC paid Paramount Pictures $10 million for the showing representing the then-highest price paid for a movie shown on television.
1981 On November 16, 1981 About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber marry on the television show General Hospital. It was the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.
1988 Banazir Bhutto was elected to be prime minister of Pakistan on November 16, 1988 in the country's first democratic elections in 11 years. She was the first woman to head a Muslim majority nation serving as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. Bhutto was assassinated in 2007.
1992 Britain's biggest ever hoard of Roman treasure was discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes on November 16, 1992 on a Suffolk farm. The hoard was buried as an oak chest filled with items in precious metal, with some in smaller wooden boxes and others in bags or wrapped in fabric. The 15,000 gold, silver and bronze coins were worth £1.75 million -which Lawes shared with the farmer.
2013 Sachin Tendulkar played his final first class cricket match on November 16, 2013. A few hours later the decision was announced to confer on Tendulkar the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. He was the youngest recipient and first sportsperson to receive the honor.
2017 In 2016, tennis star Serena Williams got engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The pair welcomed a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., in September 2017 and married on November 16, 2017 in New Orleans. Serena had previously been linked romantically to the likes of her coach Patrick Mouratoglou, movie director Brett Ratner, actor/rapper Common and NFL star LaVar Arrington.
2018 On November 16, 2018, the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) voted unanimously in favor of revised definitions of the units kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole. The new definitions came into force on May 20, 2019.
2019 Prince Andrew, Duke Of York, was interviewed on the BBC television program Newsnight on November 16, 2019. during which he talked about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Many viewers thought Prince Andrew was unsympathetic to Epstein's victims, and such was the outcry he resigned from all his public duties.
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