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This is a list of selected October 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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1813 – The Sixth Coalition attacked Napoleon and the First French Empire in the Battle of Leipzig, the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars with over 500,000 troops involved. refimprove
1834 – Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in a fire. TFA for 2015
1843William Rowan Hamilton first wrote down the fundamental formula for quaternions, carving the equation into the side of Broom Bridge in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland. refimprove section
1869Girton College, one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and England's first residential college for women, was founded. citation style
1951 – The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, was assassinated in Rawalpindi. section needs to be rewritten
1972Emmerdale Farm, the United Kingdom's second-oldest soap opera, was first broadcast in the daytime on ITV. original research, unreferenced section
2002Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, was officially inaugurated. multiple issues

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October 16: World Food Day

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