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This is a list of selected March 16 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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597 BCBabylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah. {{primary sources}}
1660 – The Long Parliament, originally called by King Charles I of England in 1640 following the Bishops' Wars, dissolved itself. refimprove
1802U.S. President Thomas Jefferson authorized the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, today the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. Tagged with {{unreferenced section}}
1815William I proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands. Tagged with {{unreferenced}}
1900 – British archaeologist Arthur Evans purchased the ruins of Knossos, a major centre of the Minoan civilization and the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete, for excavations. needs more footnotes
1926 – At the then-Asa Ward Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, American scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, a 10-foot (3 m) cylinder that reached an altitude of about 41 feet (12 m) and flew for two-and-a-half seconds before falling to the ground. refimprove section
1935Conscription was re-introduced in Nazi Germany, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1985 – Newsman Terry A. Anderson was taken hostage in Beirut. Tagged for cleanup
2006 – The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council. Tagged with {{citationstyle}}

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  • 1190 – Around 150 Jews inside York Castle in York, England, committed mass suicide rather than be killed by a mob.

March 16: Latvian Legion Day

Aldo Moro, during his detention by Red Brigades

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