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Historical Events on November 16

November 15November 17

12 significant historical events occurred on November 16. November 16 is notable in World War II history because of two major military operations in 1942. On this date, the Allied forces carried out the landing operations of Operation Torch in French North Africa. Simultaneously, important developments occurred in the Kokoda Track campaign in the Pacific Theater. These concurrent events show the worldwide reach of the conflict during this critical time in the war.

Total Events
12
Time Span
1161–2018
Categories
3
Top Category
war
8 events

15 famous birthdays on November 16

Including Guillermo Lasso, Shigeru Miyamoto, Marcelo Brozović

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density
12th C.21st C.

12th Century

2 events
1161
war

1161 battle during the Jin-Song wars

1180
war

Battle in 1180 in Japan

17th Century

1 event
1632
war

Battle during the Thirty Years' War, 1632

18th Century

1 event
1715
war

Battle during the Great Northern War, 1715

19th Century

2 events
1805
politics

1805 treaty between the United States and Choctaw

1896
war

1896 battle during the Philippine Revolution

20th Century

3 events
1942
war

Operation Torch — 1942 Allied landing operations in French North Africa during World War II

1942
war

Kokoda Track campaign — part of the Pacific War of World War II

1952
politics

Largest pure-fission US nuclear bomb test

21st Century

3 events
2006
politics

2006 civil unrest and riots in Tonga

2015
war

2015 offensive military Operation

2018
general

Revised definitions of the SI base units, adopted at the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), that came into force on 20 May 2019

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