Historical Events In June - 16

0632  Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era on June - 16.  

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

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

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

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  Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell on June - 16.  

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

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  

1575  On this day in history hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63  

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

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

1624  On this day in history 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  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1671  On this day in history 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  On June - 16 peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg  

1722  On this day in history john Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72  

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

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

1752  On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer  

1752  On June - 16 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  On June - 16 battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)  

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 June - 16 louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies  

1794  On this day in history 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)  

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1139  On June - 16 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  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on this day in history.  

1591  On June - 16 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1246  On this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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