From On This Day in History November 16
Important Events
534 Second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus published
1532 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes
1776 British troops capture Fort Washington during American Revolution
1945 Founding of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization