June 16 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

0632  Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era   

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies   

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54   

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64.   

1338  German monarch declares pope and king's decree redundant.   

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1487  Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell   

1492  Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded   

1567  Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison.   

1567  Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland.   

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1620  Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies   

1624  Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown.   

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer.   

1637  Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer   

1644  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54.   

1651  Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74   

1671  Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow   

1671  Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow   

1673  Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg   

1722  John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72   

1745  English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River   

1746  Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army   

1752  Meingosus Gaelle, composer   

1752  Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88.   

1755  British capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel the Acadians.   

1755  British capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians   

1774  Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky   

1775  Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)   

1779  In support of the US, Spain declares war on England   

1784  Holland forbids orange clothes   

1793  Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies.   

1794  1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)   

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1139  Emperor konoe of japan: Emperor konoe of japan (d. 1155)   

1332  Isabella de coucy: English princess   

1514  John cheke: English classical scholar   

1583  Axel gustafson oxenstierna: Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1591  Joseph solomon delmedigo: Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist   

1606  Arthur chichester: 1st earl of donegall, irish soldier   

1613  John cleveland: English poet   

1633  Nathaniel schnittelbach: Composer   

0956  Hugo: The great, duke of france,   

1216  Death of Innocent iii: Pope,   

1246  Lutgardis/ludgardis: Flemish mystic/saint,   

1361  John tauler: German mystic (gottesfreunde)   

1397  Philip of artois: Count of eu, french soldier (b. 1358)   

1468  Death of Jean le fevre: Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)   

1492  Jan coppenhole: Flemish rebel leader, beheaded   

1575  Death of Hadrianus junius: [adriaen the jonghe], medical/historian,