THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 16
July 16 in history
What happened on July 16: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1212, 1863 and 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
16 Jul 1212 — In the Sierra Morena, a combined Christian army shatters the Almohads. The battle marks a turning point on the peninsula: al-Andalus never recovers, and within forty years only Granada remains.
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— New York City draft riots
13–16 Jul 1863 — Opposition to a draft that the rich can buy out of for $300 erupts in New York. Rioters turn on the city’s Black residents and burn a Colored Orphan Asylum. At least 105 people die before troops from Gettysburg restore order. The war’s hatreds have reached far beyond the front line.
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5:29 a.m., Alamogordo: Trinity, the first nuclear explosion. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
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