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[16] 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. 2011 – Zhanaozen massacre: Violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces. [17]
December 16: Day of Reconciliation in South Africa Boston Tea Party 1598 – Led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin , the Korean navy were victorious at Battle of Noryang , ending the Japanese invasions of Korea .
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Victory Day (Bengali: বিজয় দিবস Bijôẏ Dibôs) is a national holiday in Bangladesh celebrated on 16 December to commemorate the defeat of the Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and the Independence of Bangladesh.
Federal outer line, December 16, 1864 The attacks on Peach Orchard Hill were made in much greater strength than those of December 15. Two brigades from Beatty's division of Wood's IV Corps and two brigades from Steedman's Provisional Division made the attack at about 3 p.m. Concentrated musket and artillery fire from the entrenched Confederates ...
Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms. 1503: Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three years later. 1503: Nostradamus is born on either December 14 or December 21. 1504: A period of drought, with famine in all of Spain. 1504: Death of Isabella I of Castile; Joanna of Castile ...
December 12 – Thomas C. McCreery, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1868 to 1871 (died 1890) December 13 – Clement Claiborne Clay, U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1853 to 1862, Confederate States Senator from Alabama from 1862 to 1864 (died 1882)