Historical Events In June - 16
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0632 On June - 16 origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
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 this day in history.
1361 On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61
1487 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1567 On this day in history mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
1575 On this day in history hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63
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 On this day in history judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown
1633 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer on June - 16.
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 Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1671 On June - 16 cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow
1671 On June - 16 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 On this day in history english fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River
1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer
1752 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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)