History Events on November 16

Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
#Greek_War_of_Independence

Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
#Métis

U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
#Richard_Nixon

In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
#Pakistan

LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
#Lysergic_acid_diethylamide

The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
#Frederick_William_III_of_Prussia

David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
#David_Livingstone

The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
#Hoxne_Hoard

World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
#Operation_Queen

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
#Napoleonic_Wars

After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
#Wei_Jingsheng

American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
#Dutch_Republic

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.
#Auto-da-fé

UNESCO is founded.
#UNESCO

Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
#Skylab

The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
#The_Holocaust

Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
#Siege_of_Lucknow

French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
#French_Revolution

Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
#Li_Jing_(Southern_Tang)

The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
#Soviet_Union

The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Sem?n?toarea in Bucharest, Romania.
#Bucharest_Metro

English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
#John_Ambrose_Fleming

Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
#Indian_Territory

The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
#John_Russell_Hind

World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
#World_War_II

Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
#Francisco_Pizarro

Justinian I, who was an Eastern Roman (Byzantine) emperor in Constantinople, approves and publishes the second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus
#Justinian_I

The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
#Federal_Reserve_Bank

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
#American_Revolutionary_War

World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
#Düren

Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
#Cunard_Line

American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
#American_Civil_War