Historical Events In June - 16
Monday, 22 December 2025
0632 On June - 16 origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era 

0956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on June - 16. 

1216 Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history. 

1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on June - 16. 

1338 On this day in history german monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant 

1361 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16. 

1487 Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell on this day in history. 

1492 Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history. 

1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison on June - 16. 

1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland on June - 16. 

1575 Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1583 Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent on this day in history. 

1620 Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies on June - 16. 

1624 On June - 16 judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown 

1633 On June - 16 nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer 

1637 On June - 16 giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer 

1644 On June - 16 johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 

1651 On June - 16 marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74 

1671 Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow on this day in history. 

1671 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow on this day in history. 

1673 On this day in history peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg 

1722 John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River on this day in history. 

1746 On June - 16 battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army 

1752 Meingosus Gaelle, composer on June - 16. 

1752 On this day in history giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 

1755 British capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel the Acadians on this day in history. 

1755 On June - 16 british capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians 

1774 On this day in history formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. 

1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill) on June - 16. 

1779 On June - 16 in support of the US, Spain declares war on England 

1784 On this day in history holland forbids orange clothes 

1793 On this day in history louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies 

1794 On June - 16 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) 

Hisdates•Com
Home