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| January 16th, 2027 (January 16 2027) | Event | The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| January 16th, 2007 (January 16 2007) | Death | Ron Carey, American actor (born in 1935) | |
| January 16th, 2007 (January 16 2007) | Death | Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (born in 1941) | |
| January 16th, 2006 (January 16 2006) | Event | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia s new president. She becomes Africa s first female elected head of state. | |
| January 16th, 2006 (January 16 2006) | Death | Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (born in 1923) | |
| January 16th, 2005 (January 16 2005) | Death | Marjorie Williams, American journalist (born in 1958) | |
| January 16th, 2004 (January 16 2004) | Death | Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (born in 1930) | |
| January 16th, 2003 (January 16 2003) | Event | The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. | |
| January 16th, 2003 (January 16 2003) | Death | Richard Wainwright, English politician (born in 1918) | |
| January 16th, 2002 (January 16 2002) | Event | The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban. | Osama bin Laden Quotes |
| January 16th, 2002 (January 16 2002) | Death | Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (born in 1916) | |
| January 16th, 2002 (January 16 2002) | Death | Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (born in 1923) | |
| January 16th, 2002 (January 16 2002) | Death | Bobo Olson, American boxer (born in 1928) | |
| January 16th, 2002 (January 16 2002) | Death | Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (born in 1948) | |
| January 16th, 2002 (January 16 2002) | Death | Ron Taylor, American actor (born in 1952) | |
| January 16th, 2001 (January 16 2001) | Event | Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards. | |
| January 16th, 2001 (January 16 2001) | Event | US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War. | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
| January 16th, 2001 (January 16 2001) | Death | Laurent-Desire Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born in 1939) | |
| January 16th, 2001 (January 16 2001) | Death | Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (born in 1939) | |
| January 16th, 2000 (January 16 2000) | Death | Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (born in 1928) | |
| January 16th, 2000 (January 16 2000) | Death | John Morris Rankin, musical entertainer (born in 1959) | |
| January 16th, 1999 (January 16 1999) | Death | Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (born in 1915) | |
| January 16th, 1998 (January 16 1998) | Death | Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (born in 1921) | |
| January 16th, 1997 (January 16 1997) | Death | Ennis Cosby, son of entertainer Bill Cosby (born in 1969) | Bill Cosby Quotes |
| January 16th, 1996 (January 16 1996) | Event | Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou resigns from office for health reasons. | |
| January 16th, 1996 (January 16 1996) | Death | Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (born in 1903) | |
| January 16th, 1995 (January 16 1995) | Death | Eric Mottram, English poet, teacher, critic, and editor (born in 1924) | |
| January 16th, 1993 (January 16 1993) | Death | Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (born in 1960) | |
| January 16th, 1992 (January 16 1992) | Event | El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City ending a 12-year civil war that claimed at least 75,000. | |
| January 16th, 1991 (January 16 1991) | Event | The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time). | |
| January 16th, 1988 (January 16 1988) | Birth | Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer. | |
| January 16th, 1988 (January 16 1988) | Death | Andrija Artukovic, Croatian war criminal (born in 1899) | |
| January 16th, 1988 (January 16 1988) | Death | Ballard Berkeley, English actor (born in 1904) | |
| January 16th, 1987 (January 16 1987) | Birth | Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model | |
| January 16th, 1987 (January 16 1987) | Death | Bertram Wainer, Australian pro-abortion campaigner (born in 1928) | |
| January 16th, 1986 (January 16 1986) | Event | First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. | |
| January 16th, 1986 (January 16 1986) | Death | Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (born in 1892) | |
| January 16th, 1985 (January 16 1985) | Birth | Jonathan Richter, Danish professional football midfielder | |
| January 16th, 1985 (January 16 1985) | Death | Robert Fitzgerald, U.S. poet and translator (born in 1910) | |
| January 16th, 1984 (January 16 1984) | Birth | Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician | |
| January 16th, 1983 (January 16 1983) | Birth | Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer | |
| January 16th, 1982 (January 16 1982) | Birth | Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys) | |
| January 16th, 1982 (January 16 1982) | Birth | Tuncay Sanl?, Turkish footballer | |
| January 16th, 1982 (January 16 1982) | Death | Red Smith, American sports columnist (born in 1905) | |
| January 16th, 1981 (January 16 1981) | Birth | Bobby Zamora, English footballer | |
| January 16th, 1981 (January 16 1981) | Birth | Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes) | |
| January 16th, 1981 (January 16 1981) | Death | Bernard Lee, English actor (born in 1908) | |
| January 16th, 1980 (January 16 1980) | Birth | Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player | |
| January 16th, 1980 (January 16 1980) | Birth | Michelle Wild, Hungarian model | |
| January 16th, 1980 (January 16 1980) | Birth | Seydou Keita, Malian footballer | |
| January 16th, 1980 (January 16 1980) | Birth | Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights) | |
| January 16th, 1979 (January 16 1979) | Event | The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt. | |
| January 16th, 1979 (January 16 1979) | Birth | Aaliyah, American singer (died in 2001) | |
| January 16th, 1979 (January 16 1979) | Birth | Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 16th, 1979 (January 16 1979) | Birth | Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 16th, 1979 (January 16 1979) | Death | Ted Cassidy, American actor (born in 1932) | |
| January 16th, 1979 (January 16 1979) | Death | August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (born in 1897) | |
| January 16th, 1978 (January 16 1978) | Birth | Alfredo Amezaga, Mexican baseball player | Alfred Ayer Quotes |
| January 16th, 1977 (January 16 1977) | Birth | Jeff Foster, American basketball player | |
| January 16th, 1976 (January 16 1976) | Birth | Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver | |
| January 16th, 1976 (January 16 1976) | Birth | Martina Moravcova, Slovak female swimmer | |
| January 16th, 1975 (January 16 1975) | Birth | Greg Strause, American visual effects creator | |
| January 16th, 1975 (January 16 1975) | Birth | Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress | Eric Gill Quotes |
| January 16th, 1974 (January 16 1974) | Birth | Marlon Anderson, American baseball player | |
| January 16th, 1974 (January 16 1974) | Birth | Kate Moss, English model | |
| January 16th, 1973 (January 16 1973) | Birth | Josie Davis, American actress | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Ruben Bagger, Danish soccer player | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Ang Christou, Austrailian soccer player | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Yuri Drozdov, Russian soccer player | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian soccer player | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Joe Horn, American football player | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Richard T. Jones, American actor | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Greg Page, Australian musician and actor | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Birth | Alen Peternac, Croatian soccer player | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Death | Teller Ammons, American politician (born in 1895) | |
| January 16th, 1972 (January 16 1972) | Death | Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American actor and creator of The Chipmunks (born in 1919) | |
| January 16th, 1971 (January 16 1971) | Birth | Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player | |
| January 16th, 1971 (January 16 1971) | Death | Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (born in 1890) | |
| January 16th, 1970 (January 16 1970) | Event | Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects. | Buckminster Fuller Quotes |
| January 16th, 1970 (January 16 1970) | Birth | Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author | |
| January 16th, 1970 (January 16 1970) | Birth | Brendan O Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies) | |
| January 16th, 1970 (January 16 1970) | Birth | Ron Villone, American baseball player | |
| January 16th, 1969 (January 16 1969) | Event | Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. | |
| January 16th, 1969 (January 16 1969) | Birth | Roy Jones Jr., American boxer | |
| January 16th, 1969 (January 16 1969) | Birth | Dead, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (died in 1991) | |
| January 16th, 1969 (January 16 1969) | Death | Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (born in 1903) | |
| January 16th, 1969 (January 16 1969) | Death | Jan Palach, Czech protester against the Soviet led invasion.(born in 1948) | |
| January 16th, 1968 (January 16 1968) | Event | The Youth International Party is founded. | |
| January 16th, 1968 (January 16 1968) | Birth | David Chokachi, American actor | |
| January 16th, 1967 (January 16 1967) | Death | Robert J. Van de Graaff, American nuclear physicist (born in 1901) | |
| January 16th, 1965 (January 16 1965) | Birth | Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue) | |
| January 16th, 1963 (January 16 1963) | Birth | James May, English television presenter | |
| January 16th, 1963 (January 16 1963) | Death | Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player (born in 1918) | |
| January 16th, 1962 (January 16 1962) | Birth | Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang) | |
| January 16th, 1962 (January 16 1962) | Birth | Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian Labor Party politician | |
| January 16th, 1962 (January 16 1962) | Death | Ivan Mestrovic, Croatian sculptor (born in 1883) | |
| January 16th, 1962 (January 16 1962) | Death | Frank Hurley, Australian photographer (born in 1885) | |
| January 16th, 1961 (January 16 1961) | Birth | Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (died in 2007) | |
| January 16th, 1961 (January 16 1961) | Birth | Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter | |
| January 16th, 1959 (January 16 1959) | Birth | Juanita Bynum, American televangelist | |
| January 16th, 1959 (January 16 1959) | Birth | Sade, Nigerian-born singer | |
| January 16th, 1958 (January 16 1958) | Birth | Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (died in 1997) | |
| January 16th, 1958 (January 16 1958) | Birth | Lena Ek, Swedish politician | |
| January 16th, 1957 (January 16 1957) | Death | Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (born in 1867) | |
| January 16th, 1957 (January 16 1957) | Death | 1st Earl of Athlone, British royal, Governor-General of South Africa and Canada (born in 1874) | |
| January 16th, 1956 (January 16 1956) | Event | President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. | |
| January 16th, 1956 (January 16 1956) | Birth | Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress | |
| January 16th, 1956 (January 16 1956) | Birth | Martin Jol, Dutch football manager | Martin Jol Quotes |
| January 16th, 1956 (January 16 1956) | Birth | Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (died in 2007) | |
| January 16th, 1953 (January 16 1953) | Birth | Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (died in 1984) | |
| January 16th, 1952 (January 16 1952) | Birth | King Fuad II of Egypt | |
| January 16th, 1951 (January 16 1951) | Birth | Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host | |
| January 16th, 1950 (January 16 1950) | Birth | Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer | |
| January 16th, 1950 (January 16 1950) | Birth | Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can) | |
| January 16th, 1949 (January 16 1949) | Birth | Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales | |
| January 16th, 1948 (January 16 1948) | Birth | John Carpenter, American film director | |
| January 16th, 1948 (January 16 1948) | Birth | Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (died in 2002) | |
| January 16th, 1948 (January 16 1948) | Birth | Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player | |
| January 16th, 1948 (January 16 1948) | Birth | Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor | |
| January 16th, 1947 (January 16 1947) | Birth | Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host | |
| January 16th, 1947 (January 16 1947) | Birth | Magdalen Nabb, British author (died in 2007) | |
| January 16th, 1947 (January 16 1947) | Birth | Harvey Proctor, British politician | |
| January 16th, 1946 (January 16 1946) | Birth | Kabir Bedi, Indian actor | Kabir Quotes |
| January 16th, 1946 (January 16 1946) | Birth | Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter | |
| January 16th, 1946 (January 16 1946) | Birth | Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano | |
| January 16th, 1945 (January 16 1945) | Event | Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Fuhrerbunker. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| January 16th, 1944 (January 16 1944) | Birth | Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter | |
| January 16th, 1943 (January 16 1943) | Birth | Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist | |
| January 16th, 1943 (January 16 1943) | Birth | Brian Ferneyhough, British composer | |
| January 16th, 1942 (January 16 1942) | Birth | Rene Angelil, Canadian music executive | |
| January 16th, 1942 (January 16 1942) | Birth | Barbara Lynn, American singer | |
| January 16th, 1942 (January 16 1942) | Death | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria, Governor General of Canada (born in 1850) | |
| January 16th, 1942 (January 16 1942) | Death | Carole Lombard, American actress (born in 1908) | |
| January 16th, 1938 (January 16 1938) | Event | The famous jazz concert by the Benny Goodman Orchestra and special guests takes place at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the first jazz performance in that venue. | |
| January 16th, 1938 (January 16 1938) | Birth | Jo Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality | |
| January 16th, 1937 (January 16 1937) | Birth | Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress | |
| January 16th, 1937 (January 16 1937) | Birth | Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver | |
| January 16th, 1936 (January 16 1936) | Death | Albert Fish, American serial killer (born in 1870) | |
| January 16th, 1935 (January 16 1935) | Birth | A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner | |
| January 16th, 1935 (January 16 1935) | Death | Ma Barker, American criminal (born in 1871) | |
| January 16th, 1934 (January 16 1934) | Birth | Marilyn Horne, American opera singer | |
| January 16th, 1933 (January 16 1933) | Birth | Susan Sontag, American writer (died in 2004) | Susan Sontag Quotes |
| January 16th, 1932 (January 16 1932) | Birth | Dian Fossey, American zoologist (died in 1985) | |
| January 16th, 1931 (January 16 1931) | Birth | Johannes Rau, German politician (died in 2006) | |
| January 16th, 1930 (January 16 1930) | Birth | Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (died in 2006) | |
| January 16th, 1930 (January 16 1930) | Birth | Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser | |
| January 16th, 1928 (January 16 1928) | Birth | Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (died in 1996) | |
| January 16th, 1928 (January 16 1928) | Birth | William Kennedy, American author | |
| January 16th, 1924 (January 16 1924) | Birth | Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (died in 2002) | |
| January 16th, 1924 (January 16 1924) | Death | Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (born in 1859) | |
| January 16th, 1923 (January 16 1923) | Birth | Anthony Hecht, American poet (died in 2004) | |
| January 16th, 1923 (January 16 1923) | Birth | Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer | |
| January 16th, 1922 (January 16 1922) | Birth | Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (died in 2008) | |
| January 16th, 1921 (January 16 1921) | Birth | Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (died in 2004) | |
| January 16th, 1920 (January 16 1920) | Event | Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. is founded on the campus of Howard University. | |
| January 16th, 1920 (January 16 1920) | Birth | Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (died in 1991) | |
| January 16th, 1920 (January 16 1920) | Death | Reginald De Koven, American music critic and composer of operettas (born in 1859) | |
| January 16th, 1919 (January 16 1919) | Event | Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification. | |
| January 16th, 1919 (January 16 1919) | Death | Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (born in 1848) | |
| January 16th, 1918 (January 16 1918) | Birth | Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (died in 2005) | |
| January 16th, 1918 (January 16 1918) | Birth | Clem Jones, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia (died in 2007) | |
| January 16th, 1918 (January 16 1918) | Birth | Stirling Silliphant, American writer (died in 1996) | Stirling Silliphant Quotes |
| January 16th, 1917 (January 16 1917) | Birth | Carl Karcher, founded the Carl s Jr. hamburger chain (died in 2008) | |
| January 16th, 1917 (January 16 1917) | Death | George Dewey, U.S. admiral (born in 1837) | |
| January 16th, 1916 (January 16 1916) | Birth | Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (died in 1996) | |
| January 16th, 1914 (January 16 1914) | Birth | Roger Wagner, American choral musician (died in 1992) | |
| January 16th, 1911 (January 16 1911) | Birth | Roger Lapebie, French cyclist (died in 1996) | |
| January 16th, 1911 (January 16 1911) | Birth | Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d.1982) | |
| January 16th, 1910 (January 16 1910) | Birth | Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (died in 1974) | |
| January 16th, 1909 (January 16 1909) | Event | Ernest Shackleton s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. | |
| January 16th, 1908 (January 16 1908) | Birth | Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (died in 1984) | |
| January 16th, 1908 (January 16 1908) | Birth | Gunther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (died in 1941) | |
| January 16th, 1907 (January 16 1907) | Birth | Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (died in 1995) | |
| January 16th, 1907 (January 16 1907) | Birth | Paul Nitze, American government official (died in 2004) | |
| January 16th, 1906 (January 16 1906) | Birth | Diana Wynyard, British actress (died in 1964) | |
| January 16th, 1906 (January 16 1906) | Death | Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (born in 1834) | |
| January 16th, 1905 (January 16 1905) | Birth | Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (died in 1989) | |
| January 16th, 1903 (January 16 1903) | Birth | William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (died in 1945, by execution) | |
| January 16th, 1902 (January 16 1902) | Birth | Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (died in 1945) | |
| January 16th, 1901 (January 16 1901) | Birth | Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (died in 1973) | |
| January 16th, 1901 (January 16 1901) | Birth | Frank Zamboni, American inventor (died in 1988) | |
| January 16th, 1901 (January 16 1901) | Death | Hiram Revels, U.S. Senator, first African-American to serve in the United States Congress (born in 1822) | |
| January 16th, 1901 (January 16 1901) | Death | Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (born in 1825) | |
| January 16th, 1901 (January 16 1901) | Death | Arnold Bocklin, Swiss painter (born in 1827) | |
| January 16th, 1900 (January 16 1900) | Event | The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands. | |
| January 16th, 1898 (January 16 1898) | Birth | Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (died in 1999) | |
| January 16th, 1898 (January 16 1898) | Birth | Margaret Booth, American film editor (died in 2002) | |
| January 16th, 1898 (January 16 1898) | Death | Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (born in 1802) | |
| January 16th, 1897 (January 16 1897) | Birth | Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (died in 1977) | |
| January 16th, 1896 (January 16 1896) | Event | Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire. | |
| January 16th, 1895 (January 16 1895) | Birth | Nat Schachner, American author (died in 1955) | |
| January 16th, 1894 (January 16 1894) | Birth | Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (died in 1985) | |
| January 16th, 1893 (January 16 1893) | Birth | Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (died in 1981) | |
| January 16th, 1891 (January 16 1891) | Death | Leo Delibes, French composer (born in 1836) | |
| January 16th, 1888 (January 16 1888) | Birth | Osip Brik, Russian writer (died in 1945) | |
| January 16th, 1886 (January 16 1886) | Birth | John Hamilton, American actor (died in 1958) | John Milton Quotes |
| January 16th, 1886 (January 16 1886) | Death | Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian opera composer (born in 1834) | |
| January 16th, 1885 (January 16 1885) | Birth | Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (died in 1967) | |
| January 16th, 1883 (January 16 1883) | Event | The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed. | |
| January 16th, 1879 (January 16 1879) | Death | Octave Cremazie, French Canadian poet (born in 1827) | |
| January 16th, 1878 (January 16 1878) | Event | Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule. | |
| January 16th, 1878 (January 16 1878) | Birth | Harry Carey, American silent film actor (died in 1947) | |
| January 16th, 1875 (January 16 1875) | Birth | Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (died in 1947) | |
| January 16th, 1874 (January 16 1874) | Birth | Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (died in 1958) | |
| January 16th, 1872 (January 16 1872) | Birth | Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (died in 1966) | |
| January 16th, 1872 (January 16 1872) | Birth | Henri Busser, French composer (died in 1973) | |
| January 16th, 1865 (January 16 1865) | Death | Edmond Francois Valentin About, French writer (born in 1828) | |
| January 16th, 1864 (January 16 1864) | Event | Second Schleswig War: King Christian IX of Denmark declares war on the German Confederation in order to occupy Schleswig. | |
| January 16th, 1864 (January 16 1864) | Death | Anton Schindler, Austrian biographer of Beethoven (born in 1795) | |
| January 16th, 1856 (January 16 1856) | Death | Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (born in 1795) | |
| January 16th, 1853 (January 16 1853) | Birth | Andre Michelin, French industrialist (died in 1931) | |
| January 16th, 1853 (January 16 1853) | Birth | Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (died in 1937) | |
| January 16th, 1853 (January 16 1853) | Birth | Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (died in 1947) | |
| January 16th, 1847 (January 16 1847) | Event | John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. | |
| January 16th, 1844 (January 16 1844) | Birth | Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (died in 1919) | |
| January 16th, 1838 (January 16 1838) | Birth | Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (died in 1917) | Philo Quotes |
| January 16th, 1836 (January 16 1836) | Birth | King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (died in 1894) | |
| January 16th, 1834 (January 16 1834) | Birth | Robert R. Hitt, American politician (died in 1906) | |
| January 16th, 1834 (January 16 1834) | Death | Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (born in 1769) | |
| January 16th, 1821 (January 16 1821) | Birth | John C. Breckinridge, U.S. Vice-President and Confederate general (died in 1875) | |
| January 16th, 1817 (January 16 1817) | Death | Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman (born in 1759) | |
| January 16th, 1815 (January 16 1815) | Birth | Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (died in 1872) | |
| January 16th, 1809 (January 16 1809) | Event | Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruna. | |
| January 16th, 1809 (January 16 1809) | Death | John Moore, British general (born in 1761) | |
| January 16th, 1807 (January 16 1807) | Birth | Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d 1877) | |
| January 16th, 1794 (January 16 1794) | Death | Edward Gibbon, English historian (born in 1737) | Edward Gibbon Quotes |
| January 16th, 1780 (January 16 1780) | Event | American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. | |
| January 16th, 1777 (January 16 1777) | Event | Vermont declares its independence from New York. | |
| January 16th, 1761 (January 16 1761) | Event | The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French. | |
| January 16th, 1752 (January 16 1752) | Death | Francis Blomefield, English topographer (born in 1705) | |
| January 16th, 1750 (January 16 1750) | Death | Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (born in 1667) | |
| January 16th, 1748 (January 16 1748) | Death | Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (born in 1684) | |
| January 16th, 1747 (January 16 1747) | Death | Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (born in 1680) | |
| January 16th, 1728 (January 16 1728) | Birth | Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (died in 1800) | |
| January 16th, 1711 (January 16 1711) | Death | Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (born in 1651) | |
| January 16th, 1710 (January 16 1710) | Death | Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (born in 1675) | |
| January 16th, 1707 (January 16 1707) | Event | The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain. | |
| January 16th, 1675 (January 16 1675) | Birth | Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (died in 1755) | |
| January 16th, 1659 (January 16 1659) | Death | Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (born in 1580) | |
| January 16th, 1634 (January 16 1634) | Birth | Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (died in 1716) | |
| January 16th, 1626 (January 16 1626) | Birth | Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (died in 1699) | |
| January 16th, 1616 (January 16 1616) | Birth | Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (died in 1669) | |
| January 16th, 1605 (January 16 1605) | Event | The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid. | Miguel de Cervantes Quotes |
| January 16th, 1585 (January 16 1585) | Death | Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (born in 1512) | |
| January 16th, 1581 (January 16 1581) | Event | The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism. | |
| January 16th, 1572 (January 16 1572) | Event | Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. | |
| January 16th, 1556 (January 16 1556) | Event | Philip II becomes King of Spain. | |
| January 16th, 1554 (January 16 1554) | Death | Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (born in 1480) | |
| January 16th, 1547 (January 16 1547) | Event | Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia. | |
| January 16th, 1547 (January 16 1547) | Death | Johannes Schoner, German astronomer and cartographer (born in 1477) | |
| January 16th, 1545 (January 16 1545) | Death | George Spalatin, German reformer (born in 1484) | |
| January 16th, 1501 (January 16 1501) | Birth | Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (died in 1559) | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| January 16th, 1492 (January 16 1492) | Event | The first grammar of a modern language, in the Spanish language, is presented to Queen Isabella. | |
| January 16th, 1477 (January 16 1477) | Birth | Johannes Schoner, German astronomer and cartographer (died in 1547) | |
| January 16th, 1412 (January 16 1412) | Event | The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. | |
| January 16th, 1409 (January 16 1409) | Birth | Rene I of Naples (died in 1480) | |
| January 16th, 1400 (January 16 1400) | Death | John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (born in 1352) | |
| January 16th, 1362 (January 16 1362) | Event | A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt. | |
| January 16th, 1245 (January 16 1245) | Birth | Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (died in 1296) | |
| January 16th, 1120 (January 16 1120) | Event | The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. | |
| January 16th, 0960 (January 16 0960) | Death | Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| January 16th, 0550 (January 16 0550) | Event | Gothic War (535-552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. | |
