MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · August 16
THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 16
August 16 in history
1819 — Peterloo
16 Aug 1819 — Cavalry charge a peaceful reform meeting of 60,000 at Manchester; eighteen die. Britain’s road ran through reform bills instead of barricades — this is what opening it cost. Remember.
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1914 — Liège
5-16 Aug 1914 — Belgium’s ring fortress holds the German right wing for ten days until 420mm siege howitzers — the largest guns yet fired in war — smash the forts one by one. The timetable is dented, not broken.
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