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- 1795
- The Batavian Republic cedes Maastricht, Venlo, and Zeelandic Flanders to France.
- 1878
- A railway line between Surabaya and Pasuruan is completed.
- 1928
- Mortlake Ferry connecting Mortlake and Putney in New South Wales, Australia, commences operations.
- 1932
- Louisiana State Capitol is inaugurated.
- 1943
- Construction of a new public market in San Pablo City, Philippines is completed.
- 1986
- Coquihalla Highway, connecting Hope to Merritt in British Columbia, Canada, is completed after 20 months of continuous work by more than 10,000 people.
- 1993
- Finse Tunnel, a 10.3 km long tunnel on the Bergen Line in Norway, is opened.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on May 16, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on May 16 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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