Historical Events In June - 16

0632  Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era on this day in history.  

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.  

1216  On this day in history innocent III, pope, dies at 54  

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

1338  On June - 16 german monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant  

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1487  On June - 16 battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell  

1492  On June - 16 jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded  

1567  On this day in history mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison  

1567  On this day in history mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland  

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1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.  

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent on June - 16.  

1620  Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies on this day in history.  

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

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer on this day in history.  

1637  On this day in history giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer  

1644  On this day in history johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54  

1651  On this day in history marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74  

1671  On June - 16 cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow  

1671  On this day in history stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow  

1673  Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg on this day in history.  

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

1745  On June - 16 english fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River  

1746  Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army on June - 16.  

1752  Meingosus Gaelle, composer on this day in history.  

1752  On June - 16 giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88  

1755  On June - 16 british capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel the Acadians  

1755  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1779  In support of the US, Spain declares war on England on June - 16.  

1784  Holland forbids orange clothes on this day in history.  

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)  

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1139  On this day in history birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)  

1332  On June - 16 birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)  

1514  On this day in history birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)  

1583  On this day in history birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent  

1591  On this day in history birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)  

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on June - 16.  

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on June - 16.  

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

1216  On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54  

1246  On June - 16 lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64  

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

1397  On June - 16 death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)  

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on June - 16.  

1492  On this day in history death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded  

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.