December 16 in history: • 1740 – Prussian forces, led by Frederick the Great, moved into the Habsburg region of Silesia, starting the First Silesian War. → go there • 1850 – Settlers of the Canterbury Association aboard Randolph and Charlotte Jane arrived to establish a colony at Christchurch, New Zealand. → go there • 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz (pictured), the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office. → go there • 1930 – German-American gangster Herman Lamm killed himself during a botched robbery attempt in Clinton, Indiana, to avoid being captured by police. → go there • 1997 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children. → go there Born 1775: Jane Austen Wiki link Born 1869: Bertha Lamme Feicht Wiki link Died 1983: Charles Brenton Fisk Wiki link Died 2020: Bethwel Henry Wiki link Pictured: Gabriel Narutowicz.