What happend on 16th March

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1926

Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.

1900

Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.

1872

The Wanderers F.C. won 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.

1867

First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in The Lancet.

1861

Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.

1850

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter is first published.

1815

Prince Willem of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.

1802

The United States Military Academy West Point is established.

1792

King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.

1660

The Long Parliament disbands.