* Astronomy

The Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces and a large Canaanite coalition
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t26786036/canaan/

The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42334882/the-battle-of-culloden/

The Nivelle Offensive was a 1917 French attack on the Western Front in the First World War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelle_Offensive

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series at the BBC from 1975 to 1977.

Spoiler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors_(1975_TV_series)

On 16 April 1853, India's first passenger train left Bori Bunder for Thane.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bori_Bunder

Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), was an aviation pioneer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers#Wilbur

On April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the English Channel
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48738909/harriet-quimby/

Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 - 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48738959/sir-john-franklin-1786-1847/

David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 - February 1, 2003) was a United States Naval Captain and a NASA astronaut. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48738982/david-mcdowell-brown-1956-2003/

Michael Reed Barratt (born April 16, 1959) is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Barratt_(astronaut)

Petrus Apianus (16 April 1495 - 21 April 1552) was a German humanist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Apianus

Victor Alexandre Puiseux (16 April 1820 - 9 September 1883) was a French mathematician and astronomer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Puiseux

Hans-Emil Lau (April 16, 1879 - October 16, 1918) was a Danish astronomer. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53360980/hans-emil-lau-1879-1918/

Henry Smith Pritchett (April 16, 1857 - August 28, 1939) was an American astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Smith_Pritchett

Giovanni Inghirami (April 16, 1779 - August 15, 1851) was an Italian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Inghirami

Karl Theodor Robert Luther (April 16, 1822 - February 15, 1900) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Luther

The April Lyrids are a meteor shower lasting from April 16 to April 26 each year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrids