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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 16 AOûT

Découvrez les événements historiques les plus importants qui se sont déroulés le 16 Août et qui ont marqué le monde.

Battle of Acosta Ñu

Année: 1869

Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.

Franco-Prussian War

Année: 1870

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

Richard Wagner

Année: 1876

Richard Wagner's Siegfried, the penultimate opera in his Ring cycle, is premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.

Dominican Restoration War

Année: 1863

The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Année: 1859

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.

Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa

Année: 1844

Governor-general of the Philippines Narciso Claveria, signs a decree to reform the country's calendar by skipping Tuesday, December 31, as a solution to anomalies that had existed since Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in 1521.

James Buchanan

Année: 1858

U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.

San Sebastian Church (Manila)

Année: 1891

The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.

NAISSANCES DU 16 AOûT

Découvrez les personnalnalités célèbres nées le 16 Août, notamment des leaders, artistes, scientifiques et icônes culturelles.

Ketty Lester

Année de naissance: 1934

Ketty Lester, American singer and actress

Pierre Richard

Année de naissance: 1934

Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter

John Standing

Année de naissance: 1934

John Standing, English actor

Sam Trimble

Année de naissance: 1934

Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer (died 2019)

Wilhelm Wundt

Année de naissance: 1832

Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (died 1920)

Diana Wynne Jones

Année de naissance: 1934

Diana Wynne Jones, English author (died 2011)

Alan Hodgkinson

Année de naissance: 1936

Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (died 2015)

Cliff Fletcher

Année de naissance: 1935

Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman

DéCèS DU 16 AOûT

Souvenez-vous des personnalités marquantes décédées le 16 Août et de leur héritage durable.

Babe Ruth

Année de décès: 1948

Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (born 1895)

Takijirō Ōnishi

Année de décès: 1945

Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (born 1891)

Margaret Mitchell

Année de décès: 1949

Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (born 1900)

Lydia Field Emmet

Année de décès: 1952

Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (born 1866)

Bela Lugosi

Année de décès: 1956

Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (born 1882)

Andrej Hlinka

Année de décès: 1938

Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (born 1864)

Robert Johnson

Année de décès: 1938

Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1911)

Francis Moran (cardinal)

Année de décès: 1911

Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (born 1830)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 16 AOûT

Découvrez les fêtes, commémorations et célébrations spéciales ayant lieu le 16 Août dans le monde entier.

Image of Edessa

Christian feast day: Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

Xicolatada

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Saint Roch

Christian feast day: Roch

Stephen I of Hungary

Christian feast day: Stephen I of Hungary

Children's Day

Children's Day (Paraguay)

Saint Armel

Christian feast day: Armel (Armagillus)

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