Historical Events In June - 16
Friday, 17 October 2025
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 On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54
1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on June - 16.
1338 German monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant on this day in history.
1361 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16.
1487 On this day in history battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell
1492 Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history.
1567 On this day in history mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison
1567 On this day in history mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
1575 Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1583 On June - 16 axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1620 On June - 16 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 On this day in history giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
1644 On June - 16 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 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 June - 16.
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 this day in history.
1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army on June - 16.
1752 On June - 16 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 this day in history.
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 June - 16 holland forbids orange clothes
1793 Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies on June - 16.
1794 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) on this day in history.