Template:On this day/16 Januar

16 Januar:

• 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is grantit the teetle Augustus bi the Roman Senate, merkin the beginnin o the Roman Empire.
• 1412 – The Medici faimily is appyntit offeecial banker o the Papacy.
• 1605 – The first edeetion o El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Beuk Ane o Don Quixote) bi Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
• 1707 – The Scots Pairlament ratifies the Act o Union, pavin the wey for the creaution o Great Breetain.
• 1991 – Coaleetion Forces gae tae war wi Iraq, beginnin the Gulf War. (picturt)

Murad III (d. 1595) · Johannes Rau (b. 1931) · Aaliyah (b. 1979)