About January 16

January 16, 2024 is the 16th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 25 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 16

  • 27 BC –
    Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
  • 929 –
    Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba.
  • 1120 –
    The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
  • 1492 –
    The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
  • 1556 –
    Philip II becomes King of Spain.
  • 1761 –
    The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
  • 1780 –
    American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
  • 1786 –
    The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
  • 1847 –
    John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
  • 1878 –
    Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) – Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
  • 1883 –
    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
  • 1900 –
    The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • 1920 –
    The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.
  • 1924 –
    Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
  • 1939 –
    The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
  • 1945 –
    Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
  • 1968 –
    The Youth International Party is founded.
  • 1986 –
    First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
  • 2002 –
    The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
  • 2006 –
    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.

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