TODAY IN HISTORY

William I - first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands (March 16, 1815)

MARCH 16...

Some are a pretty darn while back, but on March 16 some interesting events took place in history!

March 16, 597 BC (!) Babylonians capture Jerusalem.
March 16, 1521: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
March 16, 1802: The United States Military Academy West Point is established.
March 16, 1815: Prince Willem of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and became the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
March 16, 1872: The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
March 16, 1942: The First V-2 rocket test launch, but exploded at liftoff.
March 16, 2001: The only day between 1993 and 2002 when nobody in the United Kingdom killed themselves, according to a health survey.

Some people we might remember were born…

March 16, 1585 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer
March 16, 1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States
March 16, 1856 - Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph, called Napoleon IV, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France
March 16, 1926 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian
March 16, 1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director

Or died…

March 16, 37 - Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, Roman Emperor
March 16, 1072 - Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop
March 16, 1736 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer
March 16, 1930 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish dictator
March 16, 2005 - Allan Hendrickse, South African politician