What is January 16?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[27 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] Caesar given the title [[Augustus]] by the [[Roman Senate]] (people who were in charge of the [[Roman Empire]]). * [[378]] &ndash; [[General officer|General]] [[Sijay K'ak']] conquers [[Tikal]] in present–day [[Guatemala]]. * [[550]] &ndash; [[Gothic Wars]]: The [[Ostrogoths]], under King [[Totila]], conquer [[Rome]] after a long [[siege]], by bribing the Isaurian [[garrison]]. * [[929]] &ndash; Emir [[Abd-ar-rahman III]] declares himself [[caliph]], thereby establishing the [[Caliph of Cordoba|Caliphate of Cordoba]]. * [[1219]] &ndash; A [[North Sea]] [[flood]] kills 36,000 people. * [[1362]] &ndash; A great [[storm tide|wave]] in the [[North Sea]] destroys the [[Germany|German]] island of Strand and the city of [[Rungholt]]. * [[1412]] &ndash; [[Medici]] family made official bankers (money handlers) of the [[Papacy]]. * [[1456]] &ndash; Painter [[Filippo Lippi]] marries with Lucrezia Buti, a young nun from the convent of [[Saint Margherita]]. * [[1492]] &ndash; The first [[grammar]] (how words form sentences) of a modern language, in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], is presented to [[Isabella of Castile|Queen Isabella]]. * [[1511]] &ndash; A major [[North Sea]] [[flood]] occurs, as several communities have to be evacuated in [[Ostfriesland]], present–day northwest [[Germany]]. * [[1547]] &ndash; [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan the Terrible]] becomes [[Tsar]] (an emperor) of [[Russia]]. * [[1556]] &ndash; [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]] becomes King of [[Spain]]. * [[1572]] &ndash; The [[Duke of Norfolk]] is tried for betraying a country for his part in the [[Ridolfi plot]] to restore [[Catholicism|The Catholic Church]] in [[England]]. * [[1581]] &ndash; [[England|English]] [[Parliament]] (group of lawmakers) outlaws [[Roman Catholicism|The Roman Catholic Church]]. * [[1605]] &ndash; The first edition of ''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha'' (Book One of ''[[Don Quixote]]'') by [[Miguel de Cervantes]] was made into books in [