January 16 in History

16 January in History – 215 years ago

Battle of Corunna
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Historical Atlas of Northern Africa 373: Firmus of Mauretania
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Starting on 16 January 1974

China seizes Paracel Islands from South Vietnam

All Events on 16 January

  1992
Salvadoran factions agree to cease-fire
  1978
Islamic revolution forces Shah to flee Iran
starts   1974
China seizes Paracel Islands from South Vietnam
  1935
League of Nations ends embargo on Bolivia in Chaco War
  1923
Kuomintang retakes Guangzhou (Canton) from Chen Jiongming.
ends   1922
Soviet Russia crushes forest partisans in Eastern Karelia
ends   1919
Influenza pandemic strikes South America*
  1919
Ukraine at war with Soviet Russia
starts   1906
Powers reaffirm Morocco’s independence but recognize France’s special position
  1809
French attack British army as it escapes via Corunna
  383
Theodosius I makes his young son Arcadius co-Augustus
starts   360
Himyar annexes Azd and raids Central Arabia*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 16 January for purposes of Omniatlas

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