WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. NOVEMBER
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A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published. (16. November 534)

While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne. (16. November 1272)

An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects. (16. November 1491)

Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca. (16. November 1532)

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots. (16. November 1776)

American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States. (16. November 1776)

French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes. (16. November 1793)

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern – Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat. (16. November 1805)

American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail. (16. November 1822)

Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades. (16. November 1828)

A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. (16. November 1849)

The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope. (16. November 1852)

Second relief of Lucknow – twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day. (16. November 1857)

American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee – Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces. (16. November 1863)

Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason. (16. November 1885)

English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube). (16. November 1904)

Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state. (16. November 1907)

Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City. (16. November 1907)

The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens. (16. November 1914)

Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. (16. November 1920)