Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 16
December 16: National Day in Bahrain (1971), Independence Day in Kazakhstan (1991)
- 1653 - Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1773 - The Sons of Liberty attended the Boston Tea Party.
- 1944 - WW2: Germany launched its final offensive in the western front, the Battle of the Bulge.
- 1971 - The Indo-Pakistani War ended when Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrendered, leading to the establishment of Bangladesh.
- 1989 - The Romanian Revolution began in the city of Timişoara, as a protest against an attempt by the government to evict a dissident Methodist priest, László Tőkés, escalated.
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