Historical Events In August - 16

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

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  On August - 16 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France   

1518  On this day in history loyset Compère, French composer   

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

1570  King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62   

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

1625  On this day in history earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe   

1661  On August - 16 thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53   

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  Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1691  Yorktown Va founded on this day in history.   

1705  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1717  On this day in history prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade   

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

1743  On August - 16 earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)   

1745  On this day in history skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots   

1748  On August - 16 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies   

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1769  On August - 16 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  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1794  Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna on August - 16.   

1795  Heinrich August Marschner, composer on this day in history.   

1797  Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth on August - 16.   

1799  On August - 16 vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61   

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

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  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

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

1297  On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1358  On this day in history death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

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

1443  On August - 16 death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

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

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on August - 16.