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)