Portal:South East England/On This Day/March 16
- 1799: Botanist and photographer Anna Adtkins was born in Tonbridge, Kent.
- 1920: Composer John Addison was born in Chobham, Surrey.
- 1934: Conductor Roger Norrington was born in Oxford.
- 1954: Serial killer Colin Ireland was born in Dartford, Kent.
- 1999: The Bluewater shopping centre was opened in Greenhithe, Kent.