August 16 events
Important events of August 16 1 BC – On August 16, Wang Mang merges his capacity and is announced marshal of state. Sovereign Ai of Han, who had passed on the earlier day, had no beneficiaries. 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.[1] 963 – Nikephoros II…
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August 16 events