February 16
116 Emperor Trajan sent
laureatae (word of military glory) to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of
his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
374 The ninth recorded perihelion
passage of Halley's Comet.
600 Pope Gregory the Great decreed the saying
"God bless you" is the correct response to a sneeze.
1646 The Battle
of Great Torrington, Devon was the last major battle of the first English Civil
War.
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