Events That Happened on August 16
- 1819 CEPeterloo Massacre
- 1945 CEAugust Revolution
- 2012 CEMarikana miners' strike
- 1945 CEPolish–Soviet border agreement of August 1945
- 1960 CEConstitution of Cyprus
- 1972 CE1972 Moroccan coup attempt
- 1988 CEGladbeck hostage crisis
- 923 CESack of Basra
- 1893 CEMassacre of Italians at Aigues-Mortes
- 1942 CEBegoña Bombing
- 1943 CEMassacre of Kommeno
- 1863 CEGrito de Capotillo
- 1908 CESpringfield race riot of 1908
- 1933 CEChristie Pits riot
- 1956 CE1956 Eilat bus ambush
- 2012 CE16 August 2012 Iraq attacks
- 2015 CE2015 Attock Suicide Attack
- 2025 CE2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike
- 1962 CESenegal-Switzerland Bilateral Investment Treaty
- 2000 CECambodia-Philippines Bilateral Investment Treaty
Natural Disasters on August 16
Records from scientific disaster catalogs that fall on this calendar day. All disaster records
- 1868 CEEarthquake — Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Colombia: San Pablo (Ms 7.7)· 70,000 deaths
- 1976 CEEarthquake and tsunami — Philippines, Mindanao: S (Mw 8)· 8,000 deaths
- 1958 CEEarthquake — Iran, Firuzabad (Mw 6.7)· 132 deaths
- 1997 CEFlood: Taiwan (Province of China) (1997-08-16)· 31 deaths
- 2007 CEFlood: United States of America (2007-08-16)· 26 deaths
- 1995 CEFlood: Bangladesh (1995-08-16)· 26 deaths
- 1372 CEEarthquake — China, Jiangsu Province: Nanjing (Ms 4.8)· 16 deaths
- 2002 CEFlood: South Africa (2002-08-16)· 16 deaths
- 2004 CEFlood: Japan,Republic of Korea (2004-08-16)· 15 deaths
- 1988 CEFlood: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (1988-08-16)· 10 deaths
- 2009 CEFlood: Nepal (2009-08-16)· 7 deaths
- 1992 CEFlood: China (1992-08-16)· 6 deaths
- 2001 CEFlood: Pakistan (2001-08-16)· 6 deaths
- 1663 CEToya· 5 deaths
- 2009 CEFlood: Sudan (2009-08-16)· 5 deaths
- 1916 CEEarthquake and tsunami — Italy, Rimini (Mw 6)· 4 deaths
- 2003 CEEarthquake — China, Nei Mongol: Lindong, Tianshan (Mw 5.4)· 4 deaths
- 1521 CEEarthquake — Greece, Zakinthos (Zante) (Mw 6.3)· 3 deaths
- 2014 CEFlood: Japan (2014-08-16)· 3 deaths
- 2025 CEEarthquake and tsunami — Indonesia, Sulawesi: Poso (Mw 5.8)· 2 deaths
- 2004 CEFlood: Türkiye (2004-08-16)· 2 deaths
- 1917 CETsunami — Taku Inlet, Juneau, Ak· 1 deaths