International Day of Tolerance
North Korea Mother's Day
November 16, 1264
Song Lizong Zhao Yun died
November 16, 1272
King Henry III of England died
November 16, 1328
Prince Kumei, the eighth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan, died
November 16, 1528
Queen of Navarre, Juana III, was born
November 16, 1717
French physicist, mathematician and astronomer Jean-Le-Rand d'Alembert was born
November 16, 1797
King of Prussia and Frederick Wilhelm II, Elector of Brandenburg, died
November 16, 1831
The Prussian general and military theorist, Karl Philippe Gottfried von Clausewitz, died
November 16, 1874
Admiral of the Russian Empire, polar explorer and one of the leaders of the White Army, Alexander Vasilievich Kolchak was born
November 16, 1892
Modern Chinese writer, playwright, poet, historian, paleographer, calligrapher, scholar, social activist, Guo Moruo was born
November 16, 1920
Queensland and Northern Territory Air Services (Qantas) was established
November 16, 1945
UNESCO was founded
November 16, 1957
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (the first research institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation) was established
November 16, 1987
One of China's founding generals, Li Zhimin, died
November 16, 1991
The first Women's World Cup was held in Guangzhou
Epilogue:
November 16, 1952
"Mario's father" Shigeru Miyamoto was born
November 16, 1970
Japanese cartoonist Rokudo Shinshi Birth
November 16, 2017
Japanese female voice actress, actress, narrator, and Hiromi Tsuru pass away