| Date | Place | Event | | 0963-08-16 | Byzantine Empire | Nikephoros II Phokas became Emperor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas |
| 1295-08-16 | England | Thirty-sixth Parliament of Edward I assembled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_England#Parliaments_of_Edward_I |
| 1419-08-16 | Czechoslovakia | Battle of Vyšehrad began (Hussite Wars). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vy%C5%A1ehrad |
| 1485-08-16 | YORK | Men to be prepared to defend city (War of the Roses)
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| 1513-08-16 | France | Battle of Guinegate, (War of the League of Cambrai). http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/battleofspurs.htm |
| 1642-08-16 | YORK | Charles I left York for Nottingham.
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| 1652-08-16 | English Channel | Battle of Plymouth (First Anglo-Dutch War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plymouth |
| 1745-08-16 | Great Britain | Jacobite Rising of 45 began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745 |
| 1760-08-16 | America/New France (Canada) | Battle of the Thousand Islands began (French and Indian War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Thousand_Islands |
| 1777-08-16 | USA | Battle of Bennington, Walloomsac, New York (American Revolutionary War). http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-bennington.htm |
| 1780-08-16 | USA | Battle of Camden, South Carolina (American Revolutionary War). http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-camden.htm |
| 1806-08-16 | YORK | Thomas Richardson was executed at gallows behind Castle Walls. http://pastsearch-archaeo-history.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Criminals-and-Executions-Jan12.pdf
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| 1807-08-16 | Denmark | Second Battle of Copenhagen began (Gunboat Wars – Napoleonic Wars). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1807) |
| 1808-08-16 | Spain | Second Siege of Gerona ended (Peninsular War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Siege_of_Gerona |
| 1812-08-16 | Russian Empire | Battle of Smolensk began (French Invasion of Russia). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1812) |
| 1812-08-16 | USA | Siege of Detroit ended (War of 1812). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Detroit |
| 1819-08-16 | UK | Cavalry charged at public meeting, St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, 17 killed. http://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html |
| 1863-08-16 | Dominican Republic | Domincan Restoration War began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Restoration_War |
| 1869-08-16 | paraguay | Battle of Acosta Ñu (Paraguayan War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Acosta_%C3%91u |
| 1870-08-16 | France | Battle of Mars-la-Tour (Franco-Prussian War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mars-la-Tour |
| 1891-08-16 | Philippines | Basilica of San Sebatian, Manila, inaugurated. http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/518/ |
| 1896-08-16 | Canada | Gold discovered in tributary of Klondike River (Klondike Gold Rush). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush |
| 1900-08-16 | South Africa | Battle of Elands River ended (Second Boer War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_(1900) |
| 1906-08-16 | Chile | Earthquake measuring 8.2Mw, epicentre in Valparaíso, 3886 killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Valpara%C3%ADso_earthquake |
| 1913-08-16 | Japan | Tōhoku Imperial University first admitted female students. http://www.morihime.tohoku.ac.jp/100th/en/rekishi.html |
| 1914-08-16 | Belgium | Battle of Liège ended (WWI). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Li%C3%A8ge |
| 1916-08-16 | USA/Canada | Migratory Bird Treaty signed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migratory_Bird_Treaty |
| 1918-08-16 | Serbia | Battle of Lake Baikal (Russian Civil War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Baikal |
| 1920-08-16 | Poland | Battle of Kock ended (Polish-Soviet War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kock_(1920) |
| 1920-08-16 | Poland | Battle of Nasielsk ended (Polish-Soviet War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nasielsk |
| 1920-08-16 | Poland | Battle of Radzymin ended (Polish-Soviet War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Radzymin_(1920) |
| 1927-08-16 | USA | Dole Air Race. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist10/27dolerace.html
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| 1930-08-16 | Canada | British Empire Games I in Hamilton started. http://www.thecgf.com/games/intro.asp
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| 1933-08-16 | Canada | Christie Pits Riot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_Pits_riot |
| 1936-08-16 | Germany | XI Summer Olympic Games Closing Ceremony in Berlin. http://www.olympic.org/berlin-1936-summer-Olympics
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| 1944-08-16 | China | Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou began (WWII). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guilin%E2%80%93Liuzhou |
| 1946-08-16 | British India | Great Calcutta Killings began, 4,000+ killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Action_Day |
| 1954-08-16 | Laos | Air Vietnam plane crashed near Pakse, 47 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19540816-0 |
| 1956-08-16 | Bahamas | USAF plane crashed near San Salvador Auxiliary AFB, 1 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19560816-0 |
| 1960-08-16 | Cyprus | Archbishop Makarios III became President. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makarios_III |
| 1960-08-16 | Cyprus | Independence from UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17219505 |
| 1972-08-16 | Morocco | Coup Attempt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Moroccan_coup_attempt |
| 1987-08-16 | USA | Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed at Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI, 156 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870816-2
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| 2005-08-16 | Japan | Earthquake measuring 7.2Mw, epicentre off east coast of Miyagi Prefecture. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4155026.stm |
| 2005-08-16 | Venezuela | West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashed near Machiques, 160 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050816-0
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| 2013-08-16 | Philippines | MV St. Thomas Aquinas sank, 108 killed. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23729996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_St._Thomas_Aquinas |
| 2015-08-16 | Syria | Douma Massacre, 96+ killed (Syrian Civil War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douma_massacre_(2015) |
| 2017-08-16 | Honduras | Fuerza Aérea Hondureña plane crashed at Comayagua-Palmerola Air Base, 1 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20170816-0 |
