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On November 16, 951: Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.

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Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.

Li Jing, originally Xu Jingtong (徐景通), briefly Xu Jing (徐璟) in 937–939, courtesy name Boyu (伯玉), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang (南唐元宗), also known in historiography as the Middle Lord of Southern Tang (南唐中主), was the second and penultimate monarch of China's Southern Tang dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned his state from 943 until his death.

People

Born on November 16

Mason Ramsey 2006– American singer (born 2006)
Josh Green 2000– American-Australian basketball player (born 2000)
Bol Bol 1999– South Sudanese-American basketball player (born 1999)
Mats Wieffer 1999– Dutch footballer (born 1999)
Bruno Guimarães 1997– Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
Ivan Baran 1996– Croatian writer (born 1996)
Boulaye Dia 1996– Footballer (born 1996)
Trinovi Khairani 1996– Indonesian politician (born 1996)
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa 1995– Cameroonian footballer (born 1995)
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Yoshiki Yamamoto 1994– Japanese footballer
C. J. Beathard 1993– American football player (born 1993)
Nélson Semedo 1993– Portuguese footballer (born 1993)
Denzel Valentine 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)
George Akpabio 1992– Nigerian professional footballer (born 1992)
Matthew Allwood 1992– Australian rugby league footballer
Marcelo Brozović 1992– Croatian footballer (born 1992)
Shane Prince 1992– American-Belarusian ice hockey player
Nemanja Gudelj 1991– Serbian footballer (born 1991)

People

Died on November 16

Vladimir Shklyarov Russian ballet dancer (1985–2024)
Robert Clary French actor (1926–2022)
Arthur Ngirakelsong Chief Justice of Palau from 1992 to 2020
Jyrki Kasvi Finnish politician (1964–2021)
Sheila Nelson English string teacher
John Campbell Brown Scottish astronomer (1947–2019)
Terry O'Neill British photographer (1938–2019)
William Goldman American writer (1931–2018)
Hiromi Tsuru Japanese actress
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Ann Wedgeworth American actress (1934–2017)
Jay Wright Forrester American operations researcher
Melvin Laird American politician and writer (1922–2016)
Daniel Prodan Romanian footballer (1972–2016)
David Canary American actor (1938–2015)
Michael C. Gross American artist, designer, and film producer
Bert Olmstead Canadian ice hockey player (1926–2015)
Alton D. Slay United States Air Force general
Charles Champlin American film critic and writer (1926–2014)

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  1. 951 Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.

    Emperor of Southern Tang from 943 to 961

    Li Jing, originally Xu Jingtong (徐景通), briefly Xu Jing (徐璟) in 937–939, courtesy name Boyu (伯玉), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang (南唐元宗), also known in historiography as the Middle Lord of Southern Tang (南唐中主), was the second and penultimate monarch of China's Southern Tang dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned his state from 943 until his death.

  2. 1272 While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.

    European crusade to the Holy Land, 1271–1272

    Lord Edward's Crusade, sometimes called the Ninth Crusade, was a military expedition to the Holy Land under the command of Edward Longshanks, later king of England, in 1271–1272. In practice an extension of the Eighth Crusade, it was the last of the Crusades to reach the Holy Land before the fall of Acre in 1291, which brought an end to the permanent crusader presence there.

  3. 1491 An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

    Public penance imposed during the Inquisition

    An auto-da-fé was a ritualized or public penance carried out between the 15th and 19th centuries in condemnation of heretics, apostates, and minorities such as Jews and Muslims. It was imposed by the Spanish, Portuguese, or Mexican Inquisition as punishment and enforced by civil authorities. Its most extreme form was death by burning.

  4. 1532 Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.

    Spanish conquistador (1478–1541)

    Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

  5. 1632 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.

    King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632

    Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632. He is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power. During his reign, Sweden became one of the primary military forces in Europe during the Thirty Years' War, helping to determine the political and religious balance of power in Europe.

  6. 1776 American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
  7. 1793 French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
  8. 1797 The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
  9. 1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
  10. 1822 American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
  11. 1828 Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
  12. 1849 A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
  13. 1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
  14. 1857 Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
  15. 1860 Fisgard Lighthouse, built in the Colony of Vancouver Island, shines its first light, becoming the first permanent lighthouse in present-day British Columbia
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  1. 1863 American Civil War: In the Battle of Campbell's Station, Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces which allows General Ambrose Burnside to secure Knoxville, Tennessee.
  2. 1871 The National Rifle Association of America receives its charter from New York State.
  3. 1885 Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
  4. 1904 English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
  5. 1907 Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  6. 1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
  7. 1920 Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
  8. 1933 The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
  9. 1938 LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
  10. 1940 World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
  11. 1940 The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
  12. 1940 New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
  13. 1944 World War II: In support of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the town of Düren is destroyed by Allied aircraft.
  14. 1944 The Jussi Awards, the Finnish film award ceremony, is held for the first time at Restaurant Adlon in Helsinki.
  15. 1945 UNESCO is founded.

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