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Historical Events In August - 16

Thursday, 28 September 2023

1290  On this day in history charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1397  On August - 16 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1508  On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1513  On August - 16 battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1518  On August - 16 loyset Compère, French composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1550  On August - 16 carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1570  King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1603  On this day in history silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  On this day in history tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  On this day in history earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1666  Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1675  On this day in history bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1678  On this day in history andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1691  On this day in history yorktown Va founded  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1705  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1717  On this day in history prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1743  Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1745  On August - 16 skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1769  Jean Aime Vernier, composer on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1776  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1777  Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1780  British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  On this day in history hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1795  On this day in history heinrich August Marschner, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1797  On this day in history comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1799  On August - 16 vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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List Of Important Days In August

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Famous Birthdays In August - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1378  On this day in history birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1573  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1027  On August - 16 death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on August - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1443  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1445  On this day in history death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1508  On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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