Historical Events In June - 16
Monday, 20 January 2025
0632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era on this day in history.
0956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on June - 16.
1216 On this day in history innocent III, pope, dies at 54
1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on this day in history.
1338 German monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant on June - 16.
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 June - 16.
1492 On June - 16 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 On this day in history axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
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 this day in history.
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 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 On June - 16 peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
1722 On June - 16 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 this day in history battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army
1752 On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer
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 June - 16.
1774 On June - 16 formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
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 On June - 16 louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies
1794 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) on this day in history.