Historical Events In August - 16
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1290 Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou on August - 16.
1355 Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster on this day in history.
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 this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany
1508 On this day in history 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 Loyset Compère, French composer on August - 16.
1550 Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar on this day in history.
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 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian on August - 16.
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 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 On this day in history bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies
1678 Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on August - 16.
1691 On this day in history 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 August - 16.
1743 Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) on August - 16.
1745 On this day in history skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots
1748 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies on this day in history.
1748 On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63
1769 On this day in history jean Aime Vernier, composer
1776 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer on this day in history.
1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt on August - 16.
1780 On this day in history 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 August - 16 hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna
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 On this day in history vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61