What is August 16?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[1 BC]] &ndash; [[China]]: [[Wang Mang]] is declared marshal of the state. Emepror [[Ai of Han]], who died the previous day, had no living heirs. *[[1513]] &ndash; [[Battle of Guinegate]]: [[Henry VIII of England]] and his imperial allies defeat French forces who are then forced to retreat. *[[1728]] &ndash; [[Vitus Bering]] reaches the [[Diomede Islands]] between [[Siberia]] and [[Alaska]] in the now–named [[Bering Strait]]. *[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: American troops defeat British forces at the [[Battle of Bennington]] in Walloomsac, [[New York (state)|New York]]. *[[1780]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Camden]] – British forces defeat American forces near [[Camden, South Carolina|Camden]], [[South Carolina]]. *[[1787]] &ndash; [[Lieutenant]] [[William Bligh]] takes command of [[Mutiny on the Bounty|HMAV ''Bounty'']]. *[[1801]] &ndash; [[Horatio Nelson]] fails in an attempt to attack a French fleet in [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]] on [[France]]'s [[English Channel]] coast. *[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]] – American General [[William Hull]] surrenders Fort [[Detroit]], without a fight, to the British Army. *[[1812]] &ndash; Arnold Abbuehl, Joseph Bortis and Alois Volker become the first people to climb the [[mountain]] [[Finsteraarhorn]] in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Alps]]. *[[1819]] &ndash; Peterloo Massacre: 17 people die and over 600 are injured in [[cavalry]] charges at a public meeting in St. Peter's Field, [[Manchester]], [[England]], [[UK]]. *[[1858]] &ndash; [[US]] [[President]] [[James Buchanan]] inaugurates a new transatlantic [[telegraph]] [[cable]] by exchanging greetings with [[Queen Victoria]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. A weak line forces the service to close after just a few [[week]]s. *[[1863]] &ndash; Fighting starts between the [[Dominican Republic]] and [[Spain]] over Dominican independence. *[[1868]] &ndash; [[Arica]], in [[Peru]] (now in [[Chile]]) is hit by a magnitude 8.5 [[earthquake]]. Resulti