What is November 16?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[1272]] &ndash; [[Edward I of England]] becomes [[King]] while fighting in the [[Ninth Crusade]]. * [[1532]] &ndash; Inca ruler [[Atahualpa]] is captured by Spanish Conquistadors. * [[1632]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: Swedish troops defeat an imperial army under Albrecht von Wallenstein, but lose their king, Gustavus Adolphus of [[Sweden]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and [[Hesse|Hessian]] units [[Battle of Fort Washington|take Fort Washington]] from the [[patriot]]s. * [[1776]] &ndash; The United Provinces ([[Low Countries]]) recognize [[US]] independence. * [[1793]] &ndash; Reign of Terror: 90 anti–republican Roman Catholic [[priest]]s are executed by drowning in [[Nantes]], [[France]]. * [[1797]] &ndash; [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] becomes [[King]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; A [[Russia]]n court sentences [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] to death for anti–government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his execution is canceled at the last minute. * [[1855]] &ndash; [[David Livingstone]] becomes the first European to reach [[Victoria Falls]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; 24 [[Victoria Cross]]es are given in one day, a record that still stands. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Campbell's Station]] is fought near [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]. * [[1869]] &ndash; The [[Suez Canal]] is opened to shipping. * [[1885]] &ndash; Canadian rebel leader [[Louis Riel]] is executed for [[treason]]. * [[1896]] &ndash; First transmission of electrical power between two cities was sent from [[Niagara Falls]] to industries in [[Buffalo, New York]]. * [[1904]] &ndash; [[John Ambrose Fleming]] invents the [[vacuum tube]]. * [[1907]] &ndash; [[Indian Territory]] and [[Oklahoma Territory]] become [[Oklahoma]] and are admitted as the 46th [[U.S. state]]. * [[1907]] &ndash; RMS ''Mauretania'' is launched by the [[Cunard Line]]. The [[ship]] sets sail on its first voyage from [[Liverpool]] to [[New York City]]. * [[1914]] &ndash;