Historical Events In August - 16

1290  On August - 16 charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou   

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

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  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany on this day in history.   

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1513  Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France on this day in history.   

1518  Loyset Compère, French composer on August - 16.   

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

1570  On this day in history king Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II   

1603  On August - 16 silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62   

1622  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian on this day in history.   

1625  On August - 16 earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe   

1661  On this day in history thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53   

1665  On August - 16 the arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse.   

1666  On August - 16 henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz   

1675  Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on this day in history.   

1678  Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on August - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 16.   

1748  On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63   

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  On August - 16 british decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC   

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on August - 16.   

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

1795  Heinrich August Marschner, composer on August - 16.   

1797  Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth on this day in history.   

1799  Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

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

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on August - 16.   

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

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

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on August - 16.   

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

1596  On this day in history birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)   

1027  On this day in history death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)   

1297  On August - 16 death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

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

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on this day in history.   

1419  On August - 16 death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on this day in history.   

1445  On August - 16 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