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On March 16, -597: The first siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire ends with the city surrendering to king Nebuchadnezzar II.

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The first siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire ends with the city surrendering to king Nebuchadnezzar II.

The siege of Jerusalem was a military campaign carried out by Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, in which he besieged Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah. The city surrendered, and its king Jeconiah was deported to Babylon and replaced by his Babylonian-appointed uncle, Zedekiah. The siege is recorded in both the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle.

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Born on March 16

Kyle Hamilton 2001– American football player (born 2001)
Jalen Smith 2000– American basketball player (born 2000)
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1999– Dominican-Canadian baseball player (born 1999)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin 1997– English footballer (born 1997)
Florian Neuhaus 1997– German footballer (born 1997)
Tyrel Jackson Williams 1997– American actor (born 1997)
Ajiona Alexus 1996– American actress (born 1996)
Ivan Toney 1996– English footballer (born 1996)
Inga Janulevičiūtė 1995– Lithuanian figure skater (born 1995)
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Camilo 1994– Colombian singer
Joel Embiid 1994– Cameroonian-American basketball player (born 1994)
Sierra McClain 1994– American actress and singer (born 1994)
George Ford 1993– English rugby union player (born 1993)
Marine Lorphelin 1993– French model; Miss France 2013
Tim Hardaway Jr. 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Brett Davern 1992– American actor (born 1983)
Chris Boswell 1991– American football player (born 1991)
Reggie Bullock 1991– American basketball player (born 1991)

People

Died on March 16

Émilie Dequenne Belgian actress (1981–2025)
Jesse Colin Young American musician (1941–2025)
Dick Dale American surf rock guitarist (1937–2019)
Louise Slaughter American politician (1929–2018)
Lewis Rowland American neurologist
Alexander Esenin-Volpin Russian-American poet and mathematician
Frank Sinatra Jr. American singer, songwriter, conductor and actor (1944–2016)
Jack Haley American professional basketball player (born 1964)
Don Robertson American songwriter and pianist (1922–2015)
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Gary Bettenhausen American racing driver
Donald Crothers American chemist and academic (born 1937)
Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy Sierra Leonean actor, director and playwright (1936–2014)
Steve Moore British comics writer (1949–2014)
Alexander Pochinok Russian politician (1958–2014)
Jamal Nazrul Islam Bangladeshi theoretical physicist and mathematician (1939-2013)
José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz Argentine lawyer, businessman, and economist (1925–2013)
Yadier Pedroso Cuban baseball player (1986–2013)
Ruchoma Shain American-born teacher and author (born 1914)

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Every March 16 on record

  1. -597 The first siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire ends with the city surrendering to king Nebuchadnezzar II.

    Victory by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon

    The siege of Jerusalem was a military campaign carried out by Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, in which he besieged Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah. The city surrendered, and its king Jeconiah was deported to Babylon and replaced by his Babylonian-appointed uncle, Zedekiah. The siege is recorded in both the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle.

  2. 445 Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated while practising on the Campus Martius on behalf of Petronius Maximus.

    Ruler of the Roman Empire

    The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

  3. 1190 Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.

    Grade I listed monument in York, England

    York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which were built over the last nine centuries on the north-west side of the River Foss. The now ruined keep of the medieval Norman castle is commonly referred to as Clifford's Tower.

  4. 1244 Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.

    Medieval southern European Christian dualist movement

    Catharism was a Christian quasi-dualist and pseudo-Gnostic movement which thrived in northern Italy and southern France between the 12th and 14th centuries. Denounced as a heretical sect by the Catholic Church, its followers were attacked first by the Albigensian Crusade and later by the Medieval Inquisition, which eradicated them by 1350. Thousands were slaughtered, hanged, or burned at the stake.

  5. 1355 Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou.

    Revolt against the Yuan dynasty in China (1351–1368)

    The Red Turban Rebellions were uprisings against the Yuan dynasty between 1351 and 1368, eventually leading to its collapse. Remnants of the Yuan imperial court retreated northwards and is thereafter known as the Northern Yuan in historiography.

  6. 1621 Samoset, an Abenaki, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
  7. 1660 The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
  8. 1696 The Dutch bombard Givet during the Nine Years' War.
  9. 1792 King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
  10. 1802 The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
  11. 1815 Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
  12. 1872 The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
  13. 1898 In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.[page needed]
  14. 1916 The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  15. 1918 Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70–100 capitulated Reds.
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  1. 1924 In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  2. 1925 An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.
  3. 1926 History of rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
  4. 1935 Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
  5. 1936 Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
  6. 1939 From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
  7. 1941 Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland.
  8. 1945 World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
  9. 1945 World War II: Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.
  10. 1962 Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
  11. 1966 Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
  12. 1968 Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
  13. 1969 A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
  14. 1977 Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
  15. 1978 Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.

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