Historical Events In August - 16

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

1355  On August - 16 philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster  

1384  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1518  On this day in history 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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on August - 16.  

1622  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian on August - 16.  

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 August - 16.  

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  On this day in history henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz  

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

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

1691  On August - 16 yorktown Va founded  

1705  On August - 16 jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50  

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 this day in history skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots  

1748  On August - 16 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies  

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on August - 16.  

1769  Jean Aime Vernier, composer on this day in history.  

1776  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer on August - 16.  

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

1780  British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC on this day in history.  

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 August - 16 heinrich August Marschner, composer  

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

1799  On this day in history vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61  

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on this day in history.  

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.  

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

1401  On August - 16 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 this day in history.  

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.  

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.  

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on this day in history.  

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on this day in history.  

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

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

1419  On this day in history death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)  

1443  On August - 16 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