WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. DECEMBER
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An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China. (16. December 755)

Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. (16. December 1431)

Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal. (16. December 1497)

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 strikes Valdivia, Chile. (16. December 1575)

Second War of Jeong-yu: Battle of Noryang – Chinese General Chen Lin heavily damages the Japanese fleet; however, the Japanese army succeeds in retreating. (16. December 1598)

English Interregnum: The Protectorate – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. (16. December 1653)

Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights. (16. December 1689)

Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. (16. December 1707)

Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg. (16. December 1761)

American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. (16. December 1773)

The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. (16. December 1811)

Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. (16. December 1826)

Great Trek: Battle of Blood River – Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (16. December 1838)

The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand. (16. December 1850)

American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. (16. December 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Nashville – Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee. (16. December 1864)

Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to the guests. (16. December 1903)

The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world. (16. December 1907)

First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli. (16. December 1912)

World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough. (16. December 1914)