On This Day: November 16th

American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.

The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.

French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.

Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.

An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.

Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.