1780
Battle of Camden
Battle · North America
On this day
16 August
280 events in the atlas are dated to 16 August, from 935 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 280 events
- 935 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1819
Peterloo Massacre
Attack · Europe
1945
August Revolution
Rebellion · Southeast Asia
1992
Hurricane Andrew
Natural disaster
2005
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
Accident · South America
2006
Hurricane Ioke
Natural disaster
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 11 events- 14581458 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1419Battle of VyšehradBattle · Europe · 1419 – 1420
- 1271Construction of Västerås CathedralConstruction · Europe
- 1488Battle of Aga-CayiriBattle · Middle East
- 942 CEBattle of al-Mada'inBattle · Middle East
- 13721372 Jiangsu earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 935 CEFatimid sack of GenoaAttack · Europe
- 1476Construction of Castello di Coriolano CippicoConstruction · Europe
- 1170Tenga no Noriai incidentEvent · East Asia
- 1328Capture of MantuaSiege · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 36 events- 1513Battle of GuinegateBattle · Europe
- 1780Battle of CamdenBattle · North America
- 1705Battle of CassanoBattle · Europe
- 1777Battle of BenningtonBattle · North America
- 1534Conquest of TunisBattle · North Africa
- 1754Founding of San FernandoFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1570Fall of Eastern Hungarian KingdomCollapse · Europe
- 1592Battle of AngolpoBattle · East Asia
- 1792Founding of PalizadaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1513Battle of DubicaBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 41 events- 1819Peterloo MassacreAttack · Europe
- 1807Battle of CopenhagenBattle · Europe
- 1812Battle of SmolenskBattle · Europe
- 1869Victoria de paraguayBattle · South America
- 18681868 Guayaquil earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1863Dominican Restoration WarWar · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1863 – 1865
- 1897Belgian Antarctic ExpeditionExploration · 1897 – 1899
- 1870Siege of StrasbourgSiege · Europe
- 1870Battle of Mars-la-TourBattle · Europe
- 1893Massacre of Italians at Aigues-MortesAttack · Europe
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 122 events- 1992Hurricane AndrewNatural disaster
- 1945August RevolutionRebellion · Southeast Asia
- 1946Direct Action DayProtest · South Asia
- 1977death of Elvis PresleyEvent · North America
- 19721972 Moroccan coup attemptRebellion · North Africa
- 1987Northwest Airlines Flight 255Event · North America
- 19761976 Moro Gulf ErdbebenNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1991Hurricane BobNatural disaster
- 19061906 Valparaíso earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1988Gladbeck hostage crisisNatural disaster · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 70 events- 2006Hurricane IokeNatural disaster
- 2005West Caribbean Airways Flight 708Accident · South America
- 20102010 Labour Party leadership electionElection · Europe
- 2015Trigana Air Service Flight 267Accident · Southeast Asia
- 2023Hurricane HilaryNatural disaster
- 2004Boscastle flood of 2004, England, UKEvent · Europe
- 2016Typhoon LionrockEvent
- 2010AIRES Flight 8250Accident · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20152015 Douma market air strikesEvent · Middle East
- 2010death of Gareth WilliamsEvent · Europe
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.