On This Day: December 16th

The most recent eruption of Mount Fuji.

Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.

English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5Mw  strikes Valdivia, Chile.

Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.

Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.

An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.

Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.

The Digest, the great collection of all Roman jurists' law, is issued together with a new official law textbook for legal schools, The Institutes.