WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. FEBRUARY
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Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia. (16. February 116)

Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. (16. February 1249)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse. (16. February 1270)

Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil. (16. February 1630)

Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War. (16. February 1646)

First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania. (16. February 1699)

Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister. (16. February 1742)

First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia. (16. February 1804)

Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established. (16. February 1852)

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee. (16. February 1862)

Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War. (16. February 1866)

Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender. (16. February 1874)

The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1). (16. February 1881)

Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded. (16. February 1899)

The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state. (16. February 1918)

Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. (16. February 1923)

The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA. (16. February 1930)

The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund. (16. February 1934)

Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain. (16. February 1936)

Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon. (16. February 1937)