What is April 16?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[73]] &ndash; [[Masada]], a Jewish fortress, falls to the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] after several months of siege. * [[1520]] &ndash; The [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] begins in [[Spain]] against the rule of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]]'s first appearance before the [[Diet of Worms]] to be examined by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] and other estates of the empire. * [[1582]] &ndash; Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Hernando de Lerma]] founds the city of [[Salta]], [[Argentina]]. * [[1705]] &ndash; [[Isaac Newton]] is [[Knighthood|knighted]], becoming a [[Sir]]. * [[1746]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Culloden]] is fought near [[Inverness]], [[Scotland]], as a [[Highlander]] army is defeated by a Lowlander army, led by the [[Duke of Cumberland]]. * [[1780]] &ndash; The [[University of Muenster]] in [[Germany]] is founded. * [[1799]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Battle of Mount Tabor]] – [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] drives the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] across the [[Jordan River]] near Acre, in present-day [[Israel]]. * [[1818]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] [[Ratification|ratifies]] the [[Rush-Bagot Treaty]], establishing the border with [[Canada]]. * [[1847]] &ndash; The accidental shooting of a [[Māori people|Maori]] by an English sailor results in the start of the [[Wanganui Campaign]] of the [[New Zealand Land Wars]]. * [[1853]] &ndash; [[India]]'s first passenger [[rail transport|rail]] opens from [[Bori Bunder]], [[Bombay]] to [[Thane]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle at Lee's Mills]], [[Virginia]] * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Siege of Vicksburg]] * [[1881]] &ndash; [[Bat Masterson]] fights his last [[gun]] battle in [[Dodge City]], [[Kansas]]. * [[1888]] &ndash; [[Germany]] [[Annexation|annexes]] [[Nauru]]. * [[1894]] &ndash; [[Manchester City F.C.]] is formed from [[Ardwick F.C.]] === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1908]] &ndash; The [[Natural Bridges