Editing April 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1746]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Culloden]] is fought between the French-supported [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] and the British [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] forces commanded by [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]], in Scotland.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL6|desc=Battle of Culloden|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg]] founds the [[University of Münster]].
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Battle of Mount Tabor (1799)|Battle of Mount Tabor]]: [[Napoleon]] drives [[Ottoman Turks]] across the [[River Jordan]] near [[Acre, Israel|Acre]].
*[[1818]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] ratifies the [[Rush–Bagot Treaty]], limiting naval armaments on the [[Great Lakes]] and [[Lake Champlain]].
*  1838 &ndash; The [[French Army]] [[Battle of Veracruz (1838)|captures Veracruz]] in the [[Pastry War]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=On This Day – What Happened on April 16 |url=https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-16|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; Shooting of a [[Māori people|Māori]] by an English sailor results in the opening of the [[Wanganui Campaign]] of the [[New Zealand Wars]].
*[[1853]] &ndash; The [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] opens the first passenger rail in India, from [[Bori Bunder]] to [[Thane]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; The [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish [[learned society]], is dissolved.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle at Lee's Mills]] in [[Virginia]].
*  1862 &ndash; American Civil War: The [[District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act]], a bill ending [[slavery in the District of Columbia]], becomes law.
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: During the [[Vicksburg Campaign]], [[gunboat]]s commanded by acting Rear Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] run downriver past Confederate [[Artillery battery|artillery batteries]] at Vicksburg.
*[[1878]] &ndash; The [[Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland]] issues a declaration establishing a city of [[Kotka]] on the southern part islands from the [[Kymi, Finland|old Kymi parish]].<ref>[http://www.kotka.fi/default.asp?link=110.5 Kotkan synty ja kasvu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520225231/http://www.kotka.fi/default.asp?link=110.5 |date=2015-05-20 }} (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; In [[Dodge City, Kansas]], [[Bat Masterson]] fights his last gun battle.