April 16

What happened on April 16 in history

3 events fall on April 16, from 1746 to 1963. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on April 16

  1. 1746

    The Battle of Culloden

    The last pitched battle on British soil ends the Jacobite rising in under an hour.

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  2. 1943

    Albert Hofmann discovers LSD's effects

    A Basel chemist absorbs a trace of his compound and cycles home hallucinating.

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  3. 1963

    Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Martin Luther King Jr writes his defence of direct action in the margins of a newspaper.

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