On This Day: April 16th

Battle of Megiddo: The first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.

The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland.

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.

The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.

Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje, his empire occupying much of the Balkans.

Pope Leo II is elected head of the Catholic Church, although he will not be consecrated until 17 August.

Pope Pelagius I is consecrated following Imperial approval by Emperor Justinian I.

Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish-Roman War.

Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide.