Historical Events In June - 16
Saturday, 21 December 2024
0632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era on this day in history.
0956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.
1216 Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1246 On this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64
1338 German monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant on this day in history.
1361 On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61
1487 On June - 16 battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell
1492 On this day in history jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison on June - 16.
1567 On June - 16 mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
1575 Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.
1583 Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent on June - 16.
1620 Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies on this day in history.
1624 Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown on this day in history.
1633 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer on this day in history.
1637 Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer on June - 16.
1644 Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 on June - 16.
1651 On June - 16 marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
1671 On this day in history cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow
1671 On this day in history stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow
1673 Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg on this day in history.
1722 John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 on June - 16.
1745 On June - 16 english fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River
1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army on June - 16.
1752 Meingosus Gaelle, composer on June - 16.
1752 On June - 16 giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88
1755 On this day in history british capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel the Acadians
1755 British capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians on this day in history.
1774 Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky on this day in history.
1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill) on this day in history.
1779 On June - 16 in support of the US, Spain declares war on England
1784 Holland forbids orange clothes on June - 16.
1793 Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies on this day in history.
1794 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) on June - 16.