Historical Events In June - 16
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era on this day in history.
0956 On June - 16 hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies
1216 On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54
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 June - 16.
1361 On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61
1487 Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell on this day in history.
1492 Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on June - 16.
1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison on this day in history.
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 On this day in history axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1620 Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies on June - 16.
1624 Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown on June - 16.
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 this day in history marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
1671 Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow on June - 16.
1671 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow on this day in history.
1673 On June - 16 peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
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 On this day in history battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army
1752 On June - 16 meingosus Gaelle, composer
1752 On June - 16 giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88
1755 On June - 16 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 June - 16.
1775 On June - 16 battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)
1779 On June - 16 in support of the US, Spain declares war on England
1784 Holland forbids orange clothes on this day in history.
1793 On June - 16 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)