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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1476" title="1476">1476</a> – With the help of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_the_Great" title="Stephen the Great">Stephen III</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_V_B%C3%A1thory" title="Stephen V Báthory">Stephen Báthory</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler" title="Vlad the Impaler">Vlad the Impaler</a></b> ousted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basarab_the_Old" title="Basarab the Old">Basarab the Old</a> and became the ruler of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia" title="Wallachia">Wallachia</a> for the third time.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1632" title="1632">1632</a> – King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus" title="Gustavus Adolphus">Gustavus Adolphus</a> of Sweden was killed at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)" title="Battle of Lützen (1632)">Battle of Lützen</a></b> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1885" title="1885">1885</a> – After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Louis_Riel" title="Trial of Louis Riel">a five-day trial</a> following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Rebellion" title="North-West Rebellion">North-West Rebellion</a>, the Canadian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9tis" title="Métis">Métis</a> leader and "Father of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a>" <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel" title="Louis Riel">Louis Riel</a></b> was hanged for high treason.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – U.S. president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> signed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_Authorization_Act" title="Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act">an act</a> authorizing the construction of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System" title="Trans-Alaska Pipeline System">Trans-Alaska Pipeline</a></b> to transport oil from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_Sea" title="Beaufort Sea">Beaufort Sea</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Alaska" title="Gulf of Alaska">Gulf of Alaska</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a> – In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, England, a local man found <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxne_Hoard" title="Hoxne Hoard">the largest hoard</a></b> of Roman silver and gold in Britain, including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal%C4%81kaua" title="Kalākaua">Kalākaua</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1836); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe" title="Chinua Achebe">Chinua Achebe</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1930); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omayra_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Omayra Sánchez">Omayra Sánchez</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1985)</p>
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