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16 September| 16 September 1380 | France [births and deaths] | Charles V the Wise, king of France 1364–80, who led France to recovery after the first phase of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453), dies in Nogent-sur-Marne, France (42). | | 16 September 1387 | Wales [births and deaths] | Henry V, King of England 1413–22, son of Henry IV, born in Monmouth, Wales (–1422). | | 16 September 1400 | Wales, England [revolution] | Owen Glendower (Owain Glyndwr), Lord of Glydyfrdwy and Cynllaith, revolts following a dispute with Reginald Grey of Ruthin, Lord of Dyfryn Clwyd, a member of the council of King Henry IV of England. | | 16 September 1701 | UK, France [political events] | Following the death of King James II of England and VII of Scotland at Saint-Germain in France, where he has lived in exile since being deposed from the British throne in 1688, King Louis XIV of France recognizes James II's heir as James III. James III is also known, by those who do not recognize his royal claims, as James Edward Stuart or the ‘Old Pretender’. | | 16 September 1701 | England, France [births and deaths] | James II, king of Great Britain 1685–88, son of Charles I, deposed in the ‘Glorious Revolution’ (1688), dies in Saint-Germain, France (67). | | 16 September 1824 | France [political events] | Following the death of King Louis XVIII of France, he is succeeded by his brother, Charles X. | | 16 September 1908 | Austria-Hungary, Russian Empire [diplomacy] | The foreign ministers of Austria and Russia, Count Alois Aehrenthal and Alexander Izvolsky, hold the Buchlau conference. Austria undertakes not to oppose the opening of the Dardanelles to Russian warships and Russia agrees to Austria's proposed annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. | | 16 September 1975 | Papua New Guinea, Australia [decolonization] | Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia and joins the Commonwealth. |
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