Historical Events In August - 16

1290  On this day in history charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou  

1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster on August - 16.  

1384  On August - 16 the Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them—a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitated one hundred floggings by a bamboo rod. However, the Hongwu Emperor decided to pardon them, seeing as how their intention was not to tear up the money.  

1397  On August - 16 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany  

1508  On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41  

1513  On August - 16 battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France  

1518  On August - 16 loyset Compère, French composer  

1550  On August - 16 carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar  

1570  King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II on this day in history.  

1603  On this day in history silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62  

1622  On this day in history tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian  

1625  On this day in history earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe  

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1665  On this day in history the arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse.  

1666  Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz on August - 16.  

1675  On this day in history bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies  

1678  On this day in history andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57  

1691  On this day in history yorktown Va founded  

1705  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on August - 16.  

1717  On this day in history prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade  

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on August - 16.  

1743  Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) on this day in history.  

1745  On August - 16 skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots  

1748  "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies on this day in history.  

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1769  Jean Aime Vernier, composer on August - 16.  

1776  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer on August - 16.  

1777  Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt on August - 16.  

1780  British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC on August - 16.  

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1794  On this day in history hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna  

1795  On this day in history heinrich August Marschner, composer  

1797  On this day in history comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth  

1799  On August - 16 vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61  

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster  

1378  On this day in history birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)  

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany  

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)  

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on August - 16.  

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)  

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on August - 16.  

1027  On August - 16 death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)  

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on August - 16.  

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on August - 16.  

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on August - 16.  

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.  

1443  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)  

1445  On this day in history death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)  

1508  On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41