It happened on the sixteenth of Jumada I:

* In 931 AH / March 1525 AD, Emperor Carlos V issued an order to Christianize the Moriscos (Spanish Muslims) and entrusted the Inquisition with executing this order.

* In 1227 AH / May 1818 AD, the Russian Empire signed with the Ottoman Empire the Treaty of Bucharest, one of the most important conditions for the survival of the provinces of Wallachia and Baghdan of the Ottoman Empire.

* In 1256 AH / July 1840 AD, the signing of the “Treaty of London” between Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire on the other, after the loss of the Ottomans and the Egyptian army during the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha to the European powers in the naval battle of Navarren.

* Year 1298 AH / April 1881 AD The Bey Muhammad al-Sadiq in Tunisia calls on the tribes in the center and south of the country to mobilize against the French.

* In 1343 AH / December 1924 AD, King Faisal I of Iraq ratifies the treaty with Britain, which was signed in 1341 AH and met with opposition from the Iraqis.

* Year 1356 AH / July 1937 AD Iraq and Iran sign a treaty to resolve their differences by peaceful means, This treaty remains in force for five years.

* Year 1359 AH / June 1940 AD: French Marshal Philippe Henry signs an armistice with the Germans, The Germans conditioned the occupation of France, and its administration, provided that the costs of this administration are borne in full by the French, Despite this, a third of France remained unoccupied by Germany. It was from this place that the liberation of France from the Germans began.

* In 1364 AH / April 1945 AD, the session of the United Nations General Assembly on the question of Palestine began.

* Year 1364 AH / April 1945 AD: The execution of the Italian leader “Benito Mussolini” by firing squad, After his losing leadership of Italy in World War II.

* In 1365 AH / April 1946 AD the French evacuated Syria and ended the French mandate over it.

* Year 1391 AH / July 1971 AD: King Hassan II of Morocco is subjected to a failed assassination attempt by some military personnel known as the Skhirat incident.

Mr. Mohamed Hamdi Maddokh