What happend on 16th June

15.06
17.06
1904

Leopold Bloom walks around Dublin. (see Ulysses) Known as Bloomsday.

1904

Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.

1903

Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.

1903

Ford Motor Company incorporates.

1902

Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.

1891

John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.

1884

The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York

1871

University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.

1858

Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny.

1858

Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois