On March 16
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly March 16 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.
This week in history (Mar 13 – Mar 19)
Having defeated Pompey at Pharsalus in 48 BCE and won the civil war, Julius Caesar accumulated unprecedented power, and in early 44 BCE he was made dictator perpetuo, dictator in perpetuity.
On 13 March 1591 a Moroccan expeditionary force under Judar Pasha, dispatched across the Sahara by the Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, crushed the army of Askia Ishaq II at Tondibi near Gao.