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- 557
- Chen Baxian establishes the Chen dynasty.
- 1792
- In Massachusetts, Ashby in Middlesex County gains territory from Ashburnham in Worcester County.
- 1846
- In the Austrian Empire, Galicia and Lodomeria annexes the Free City of Cracow as Krakauer Kreis.
- 1895
- British Bechuanaland joins the Cape Colony.
- 1901
- Louis Henning opens Mount Hamilton Market in San Jose, California.
- 1907
- Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory are incorporated as the State of Oklahoma.
- 1916
- The Risdon Zinc Works are founded near Hobart, Tasmania.
- 1940
- The Bornholm Aerodrome opens near Rønne, Denmark.
- 1986
- A section of the São Paulo Metro’s Line 3 (Red) opens in São Paulo.
- 2018
- The American Cancer Society closes Musekamp Family Hope Lodge in Cincinnati after 14 years in operation due to underuse.
- 2022
- In Wales, the Snowdonia National Park Authority begins referring to Snowdon by its Welsh name, Yr Wyddfa.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on November 16, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on November 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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