Historical Events In August - 16

1290  Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou on August - 16.  

1355  On August - 16 philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster  

1384  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 on August - 16.  

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 August - 16 loyset Compère, French composer  

1550  On this day in history carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar  

1570  On this day in history king Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II  

1603  On August - 16 silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62  

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

1665  The arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse on August - 16.  

1666  On this day in history henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz  

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 August - 16.  

1691  On August - 16 yorktown Va founded  

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

1717  Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade on this day in history.  

1738  On this day in history joe Miller, English comic, dies  

1743  Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) on August - 16.  

1745  On August - 16 skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots  

1748  On this day in history "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  On August - 16 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer  

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

1780  British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC on August - 16.  

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  Heinrich August Marschner, composer on August - 16.  

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

1799  Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on August - 16.  

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1355  On August - 16 birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster  

1378  On this day in history birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)  

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on August - 16.  

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on August - 16.  

1550  On August - 16 birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar  

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

1573  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)  

1596  On this day in history birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)  

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on August - 16.  

1297  On August - 16 death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)  

1327  On this day in history death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)  

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

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.  

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

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