| September 16th 1812 | | Fire of Moscow
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| September 16th 1830 | | Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides"
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| September 16th 1847 | | United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon
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| September 16th 1848 | | Slavery abolished in all French territories
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| September 16th 1857 | | Typesetting machine patent
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| September 16th 1857 | | Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
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| September 16th 1858 | | 1st overland mail for California
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| September 16th 1859 | | Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone
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| September 16th 1861 | | Battle of Princeton WV
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| September 16th 1861 | | British Post Office Savings Banks opens
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| September 16th 1862 | | Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis
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| September 16th 1862 | | Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY
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| September 16th 1862 | | Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)
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| September 16th 1864 | | Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
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| September 16th 1867 | | Ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game
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