Historical Events In June - 16
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
0632 On June - 16 origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
0956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.
1216 On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54
1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on this day in history.
1338 On this day in history german monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant
1361 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on this day in history.
1487 Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell on this day in history.
1492 On June - 16 jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison on June - 16.
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland on this day in history.
1575 On June - 16 hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63
1583 Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent on June - 16.
1620 On this day in history carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies
1624 On June - 16 judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown
1633 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer on this day in history.
1637 Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer on June - 16.
1644 On this day in history johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54
1651 On June - 16 marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
1671 On June - 16 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 On this day in history peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
1722 On this day in history john Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72
1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River on June - 16.
1746 On June - 16 battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army
1752 On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer
1752 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 on June - 16.
1755 On June - 16 british capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel the Acadians
1755 On June - 16 british capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians
1774 On June - 16 formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1775 On this day in history battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)
1779 On this day in history in support of the US, Spain declares war on England
1784 On this day in history holland forbids orange clothes
1793 On this day in history louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies
1794 On this day in history 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)