November 16

Today in History
• 1380 - French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever
• 1519 - City of Havana moved to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations
• 1532 - Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca
• 1676 - 1st colonial prision organized, Nantucket Mass
• 1764 - Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
• 1776 - 1st gun salute - for U.S. Andrea Doria at Ft. St. Eustatius
• 1798 - Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress
• 1811 - Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Beaujolais Nouveau Day
• Bhai Dooj
• Great American Smokeout
• International Day For Tolerance
• National Black Marketers Day
• Social Enterprise Day
• World Pancreatic Cancer Day
• World Philosophy Day

Birthdays
• 1436 - Leonardo Loredan, Venetian nobleman, statesman and Doge of Venice (1501-21)
• 1642 - Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt Admiral of Zeeland
• 1643 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (Middle East and India)
• 1653 - Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1707-09
• 1730 - Gualtherius "Wouter" van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician
• 1836 - David Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands (1874-91)
• 1847 - Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Quebec)
• 1890 - Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines, 1949-53