WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. JANUARY
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Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. (16. January 27. BC)

General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán. (16. January 378)

Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. (16. January 550)

Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Córdoba. (16. January 929)

The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. (16. January 1120)

A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand. (16. January 1362)

The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. (16. January 1412)

The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I. (16. January 1492)

Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Czar of Russia. (16. January 1547)

Philip II becomes King of Spain. (16. January 1556)

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. (16. January 1572)

The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism. (16. January 1581)

The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. (16. January 1605)

The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain. (16. January 1707)

The British capture Pondichéry, India from the French. (16. January 1761)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. (16. January 1780)

Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson. (16. January 1786)

Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña. (16. January 1809)

John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. (16. January 1847)

Hartley Colliery Disaster: 204 men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompted a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape. (16. January 1862)