Historical Events In August - 16

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

1355  On August - 16 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 August - 16.   

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on August - 16.   

1513  On this day in history battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France   

1518  Loyset Compère, French composer on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1570  On August - 16 king Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II   

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  Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe on August - 16.   

1661  On August - 16 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  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  Yorktown Va founded on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50   

1717  On August - 16 prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade   

1738  On this day in history joe Miller, English comic, dies   

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

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on August - 16.   

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

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

1769  On this day in history jean Aime Vernier, composer   

1776  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer on August - 16.   

1777  Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt on this day in history.   

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  Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna on August - 16.   

1795  On this day in history heinrich August Marschner, composer   

1797  On August - 16 comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth   

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 this day in history.   

1378  On August - 16 birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on this day in history.   

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

1550  On this day in history birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  On this day in history birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)   

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

1297  On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1358  On August - 16 death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

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

1443  On August - 16 death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on August - 16.   

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