Historical Events on September 16

1141 battle in Central Asia

1380 battle between Russian principalities and Golden Horde

1542 battle that took place during the Spanish conquest of Peru

1600 battle in Japan

1655 battle of the Second Northern War; Swedish victory

1658 treaty between Poland–Lithuania and Cossacks

1777 aborted battle of the American Revolutionary War

Grito de Dolores — call to arms triggering the Mexican War of Independence

Wall Street bombing — 1920 bombing in New York City

1931 American gang killing

Slovak invasion of Poland — event during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939

1943 military operation during World War II

1951 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1951

1962 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1962

1973 armed conflict in Vietnam

Massacre in Sri Lanka

1986 mine fire in South Africa with 177 fatalities

Environmental protocol designed to protect the ozone layer

Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Riot

Black Wednesday — financial crisis in 1992

2001 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2001

2006 military operation

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 — 2007 aviation accident in Thailand

2007 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One race

2010 Hakkâri bus attack

Yemeni civil war — ongoing civil war in the state of Yemen

Death of Jina Mahsa Amini — death of Iranian Kurdish woman who was arrested and potentially abused by the Guidance Patrol of Iran