What happened on April 16 ?

778 - King Louis the Pious (d. 840)

1319 - King John II of France (d. 1364)

1495 - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)

1646 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)

1660 - Hans Sloane, British collector and physician (d. 1753)

1661 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British poet and statesman (d. 1715)

1682 - John Hadley, British inventor (d. 1744)

1728 - Joseph Black, Scottish chemist (d. 1799)

1730 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795)

1755 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (d. 1842)

1800 - George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British soldier (d. 1888)

1823 - Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (d. 1852)

1844 - Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)

1865 - Henry George Chauvel, Australian general (d. 1945)

1867 - Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912)

1871 - John Millington Synge, Irish writer (d. 1909)

1878 - Tip Foster, English cricketer (d. 1914)

1886 - Ernst Thälmann, German politician (d. 1944)

1889 - Charles Chaplin, English actor, writer, and film producer (d. 1977)

1904 - Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (d. 1983)

1905 - Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005)

1907 - August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (d. 1947)

1912 - Garth Williams, American illustrator (d. 1996)

1912 - Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997)

1915 - Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (d. 1997)

1918 - Spike Milligan, British comedian (d. 2002)

1919 - Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer

1921 - Peter Ustinov, English writer, actor, and film director (d. 2004)

1922 - Kingsley Amis, English author (d. 1995)

1924 - Henry Mancini, American composer (d. 1994)

1927 - Edie Adams, American actress

1927 - Pope Benedict XVI

1927 - Peter Mark Richman, American actor

1928 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (d. 2002)

1930 - Herbie Mann, American jazz flute player (d. 2003)

1933 - Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster

1935 - Sarah Kirsch, German poet

1935 - Bobby Vinton, American singer

1937 - Joseph Whipp, American actor

1939 - Dusty Springfield, English singer (d. 1999)

1940 - Margrethe II of Denmark, queen regnant

1942 - Frank Williams Formula 1 constructor

1943 - Ruth Madoc, British actress

1944 - Omar Chkhaidze, Russian painter

1946 - Margot Adler, American journalist

1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player

1947 - Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter

1951 - Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, French photographer, painter, sculptor

1951 - Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer and photographer

1951 - Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer

1952 - Bill Belichick, American football coach

1952 - Billy West, American voice actor

1953 - Peter Garrett, Australian musician (Midnight Oil), and politician

1953 - J. Neil Schulman, American writer and activist

1954 - Ellen Barkin, American actress

1955 - Bruce Bochy, baseball player and manager

1956 - Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier

1959 - Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player

1960 - Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager

1961 - Doris Dragovi?, Croatian singer

1962 - Ian MacKaye, American musician, (Fugazi and Minor Threat)

1963 - Jimmy Osmond, American pop singer (The Osmonds)

1964 - Dave Pirner, American rock singer (Soul Asylum)

1965 - Jon Cryer, American actor

1965 - Martin Lawrence, American actor, comedian, and producer

1971 - Selena, American singer (d. 1995)

1975 - Sean Maher, American actor

1976 - Lukas Haas, American actor

1977 - Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer

1978 - Matthew Lloyd, Australian football player

1979 - Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)

1979 - Christijan Albers, Formula 1 driver

1982 - Boris Diaw, French basketball player

1983 - Cat Osterman, University of Texas softball pitcher

1985 - Tawanda Mupariwa, Zimbabwean cricketer

1985 - Jim Singer, Canadian screen and voice actor

1987 - Aaron Lennon, British footballer

1994 - Liliana Mumy, American child actress