Historical Events In June - 16
Monday, 15 September 2025
0632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era on this day in history.
0956 On this day in history hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies
1216 Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1246 On June - 16 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 On June - 16 battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell
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 June - 16.
1575 On June - 16 hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63
1583 On June - 16 axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1620 Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies on this day in history.
1624 Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown on June - 16.
1633 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer on June - 16.
1637 On this day in history giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
1644 On this day in history johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54
1651 Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74 on June - 16.
1671 Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow on June - 16.
1671 On June - 16 stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow
1673 Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army on June - 16.
1752 Meingosus Gaelle, composer on this day in history.
1752 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1755 British capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel the Acadians on June - 16.
1755 On June - 16 british capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians
1774 Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)
1779 In support of the US, Spain declares war on England on June - 16.
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 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) on June - 16.