Historical Events In August - 16

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

1355  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history loyset Compère, French composer  

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1625  Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe on August - 16.  

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on August - 16.  

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 August - 16 bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies  

1678  Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on this day in history.  

1691  On this day in history yorktown Va founded  

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

1717  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1748  "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies on August - 16.  

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

1769  On this day in history jean Aime Vernier, composer  

1776  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer on this day in history.  

1777  On August - 16 americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt  

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

1786  On August - 16 henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80  

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 this day in history.  

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on August - 16.  

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

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

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.  

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

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

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

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 August - 16.  

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

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on this day in history.  

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41