User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/March 16

March 16

 * 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king
 * 1689 - The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
 * 1802 - The United States Military Academy West Point is established.
 * 1812 - Battle of Badajoz (March 16 - April 6) - British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War.
 * 1818 - Battle of Cancha Rayada - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under José de San Martín.
 * 1916 - 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the border to join the hunt of Pancho Villa.