Editing March 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Samoset]], an [[Abenaki]], visits the settlers of [[Plymouth Colony]] and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
*[[1660]] &ndash; The [[Long Parliament]] of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new [[Convention Parliament (1660)|Convention Parliament]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England: From the Norman Conquest, in 1066, to the Year, 1803. Volume 3 |date=1808 |publisher=R. Bagshaw |location=London |pages=1583–1584 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BRZDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1583 |via=Google Books |access-date=2021-09-07 |archive-date=2021-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907000215/https://books.google.com/books?id=BRZDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1583 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1696]] &ndash; The Dutch [[Bombardment of Givet|bombard Givet]] during the [[Nine Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Childs|first=John|title=The Nine Years' War and the British Army |publisher= Manchester University Press |year= 1991|isbn= 0-7190-3461-2}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] is shot; he dies on [[March 29]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elgán |first1=Elisabeth |last2=Scobbie |first2=Irene |title=Historical Dictionary of Sweden |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-4422-5071-0 |page=xxiii |edition=3rd |chapter=Chronology}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; The [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] is established to found and operate the [[United States Military Academy|United States Military Academy at West Point]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[William I of the Netherlands|Prince Willem]] proclaims himself King of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]], the first [[constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarch]] in the Netherlands.
*[[1872]] &ndash; The [[Wanderers F.C.]] win the first [[FA Cup]], the oldest [[association football|football]] competition in the world, beating [[Royal Engineers A.F.C.]] 1–0 at [[The Oval]] in [[Kennington]], London.
*[[1898]] &ndash; In [[Melbourne]], the representatives of five colonies adopt a [[Constitution of Australia|constitution]], which would become the basis of the [[Commonwealth of Australia]].<ref>{{cite book |first=J.A. |last=La Nauze |title=The Making of the Australian Constitution |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1972 |location=Carlton, Vic. |isbn=0-522-84016-7}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2021}}