Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 16
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.
- western front, the Battle of the Bulge.
- Indo-Pakistani War ended when Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrendered, leading to the establishment of Bangladesh.
- László Tőkés, escalated.
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