January 16 in History

January 16 is the 16th day of the year. There are 350 days remaining until the end of the year.

• 27 BCE – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
• 1492  – The first grammar of the Spanish language was  presented to Queen Isabella I. #writing #amwriting #grammar #Spain
• 1581 – The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
• 1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid, Spain.
• 1777 – Vermont declared its independence from New York.
• 1786 – The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• 1821 – John C. Breckinridge, 14th Vice President of the US and Confederate general, was born. He died in 1875.
• 1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, was passed.
• 1909 – Ernest Shackleton’s expedition found the magnetic South Pole.
• 1986 – First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
• 2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in as Liberia’s president. She was Africa’s first female elected head of state.