March 16

• March 16, 37
  Roman Emperor Tiberius dies on a trip to the Italian mainland from his home on Capri, and is succeeded by Caligula
• March 16, 1190
  The crusaders begin the massacre of Jews in York, England in which at least 150 Jews died
• March 16, 1527
  The Emperor Babur defeats the Rajputs at the Battle of Khanwa, removing the main Hindu rivals in Northern India
• March 16, 1731
  Treaty of Vienna between Kingdom of Great Britain and the Habsburg monarchy marks the collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance and the beginning of the Anglo-Austrian Alliance
• March 16, 1781
  In Colombia the Comunero Revolt among artisans and peasants in Socorro after imposition of new taxes by the viceroy stimulated, becomes the most serious revolt against Spanish authority before the war for independence
• March 16, 1792
  King Gustav III of Sweden is shot and mortally wounded during a masquerade party at an opera by a former member of his regiment
• March 16, 1900
  English archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus
• March 16, 1922
  Sultan Fuad I is crowned king of Egypt after England recognizes Egypt
• March 16, 1926
  Robert Goddard, an American physicist and inventor, launches the first liquid fuel rocket, which goes 56 meter
• March 16, 1939
  Hungary annexes republic of Carpatho-Ukraine, an autonomous region within Czechoslovakia
• March 16, 1968
  Charlie Company of United States troops kills over 500 civilians in four hamlets in Son My district, Vietnam, in what became known as the My Lai massacre
• March 16, 1978
  Amoco Cadiz, a supertanker under the Liberian flag, sinks, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date
• March 16, 1983
  Stravinsky Fountain, a fountain ornamented with sixteen works of sculpture representing the works of composer Igor Stravinsky, is finished by sculptors Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle
• March 16, 1988
  The Halabja poison gas attack is carried out by Iraqi government forces
• March 16, 2010
  The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire