1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Battle · Europe
On this day
16 July
302 events in the atlas are dated to 16 July, from 997 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 302 events
- 997 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1683
Battle of Penghu
Battle · East Asia
1819
First Russian Antarctic expedition
Exploration · Europe · 1819 – 1821
1918
execution of the Romanov family
Attack · Europe
1945
Trinity
Event · North America
2001
2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship
Treaty
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 26 events- 1683Battle of PenghuBattle · East Asia
- 1779Battle of Stony PointBattle · North America
- 1790Founding of Washington, D.C.Founding · North America
- 1769Founding of San DiegoFounding · North America
- 1717Founding of Ciudad del CarmenFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1724Tumult of ThornProtest · Europe
- 1792Founding of San José de MaipoFounding · South America
- 1582Kiyosu conferencePolitical
- 1769Construction of Mission San Diego de AlcaláConstruction · North America
- 1769Battle of BiałymstokiemBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 43 events- 1808Battle of BailénBattle · Europe
- 1819First Russian Antarctic expeditionExploration · Europe · 1819 – 1821
- 1894Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and NavigationTreaty · Europe
- 1863Battle of Shimonoseki StraitsBattle · East Asia
- 1877Battle of NikopolBattle · Europe
- 1864Founding of University of BucharestFounding · Europe
- 1852Founding of ImperatrizFounding · South America
- 1855Hellgate treatyTreaty · North America
- 1863Battle of Grimball's LandingBattle · North America
- 1805Founding of AguilarFounding · Southeast Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 131 events- 1945TrinityEvent · North America
- 1918execution of the Romanov familyAttack · Europe
- 19901990 Luzon earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1942Vel' d'Hiv RoundupCrime
- 1999John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crashAccident · North America
- 1953Dongshan Island CampaignWar · East Asia
- 1950Tunam massacreCrime · East Asia
- 1979Church Rock uranium mill spillAccident · North America
- 19351935 Xiinzhu earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 19901990 Baguio earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 95 events- 20182018 Russia–United States summitPolitical · Europe
- 20012001 Sino-Russian Treaty of FriendshipTreaty
- 20072007 Chūetsu offshore earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 20112011 Northern Ireland riotsProtest · Europe
- 20152015 Chattanooga shootingsAttack · North America
- 2006Hurricane DanielNatural disaster
- 2026Dismissal of Mykhailo FedorovEvent · Europe
- 2022Meridian Flight 3032Accident · Europe
- 2003Hurricane DannyNatural disaster
- 2014Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoffEvent · Southeast Asia
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.