Historical Events In August - 16
Monday, 16 June 2025
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.