📅 Today in HistoryMarch 16

The first siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire ends with the city surrendering to king Nebuchadnezzar II.

Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.

Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.

Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou.

Samoset, an Abenaki, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."

The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.

The Dutch bombard Givet during the Nine Years' War.

King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.

The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.