16 September in history
8 events that happened on 16 September, from 681 to 1982.
681 CE 1,345 years ago
The Third Council of Constantinople condemns Pope Honorius I as a heretic
In its seventeenth session, the Third Council of Constantinople decreed that the late Pope Honorius I had spread the heresy of the one will, monothelitism. The council condemned monothelitism and defined Christ as having two wills.
1400 CE 626 years ago
Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince of Wales
Supporters at Glyndyfrdwy proclaimed Owain Glyndŵr Prince of Wales, launching a revolt against English rule. For several years he controlled much of Wales and summoned Welsh parliaments.
1410 CE 616 years ago
The infante Ferdinand takes Antequera from the Emirate of Granada
After a long siege, Antequera, a frontier stronghold of the Emirate of Granada, capitulated to a Castilian army led by the infante Ferdinand of Trastámara. He was known thereafter as Ferdinand of Antequera, and later became Ferdinand I of Aragon.
✦ Anniversary of the day
1776 CE 250 years ago
American troops defeat the British at the Battle of Harlem Heights
In the New York and New Jersey campaign, just under 1,800 American troops under General George Washington defeated just under 1,600 British troops under Brigadier-general Alexander Leslie on Harlem Heights, Manhattan.
1810 CE 216 years ago
Miguel Hidalgo's 'Grito de Dolores' launches Mexico's revolt
Priest Miguel Hidalgo rang his church bell in Dolores and called his parishioners to rise against Spanish rule. Mexico celebrates the day as Independence Day, won in 1821.
1908 CE 118 years ago
William Durant incorporates General Motors
Buick head William Durant formed General Motors as a holding company, soon adding Oldsmobile, Cadillac and others. GM became for decades the world's largest car maker.
Born on 16 September 7
Died on 16 September 7
Dates as the sources give them: in the Julian calendar before 1582, and in some countries for longer (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918). Only people whose day of birth or death the records agree on are listed.