Historical Events In August - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1290 On this day in history charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou
1355 On this day in history philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster
1384 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 on August - 16.
1397 On August - 16 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany
1508 On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41
1513 Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France on this day in history.
1518 Loyset Compère, French composer on this day in history.
1550 Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar on this day in history.
1570 On this day in history king Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II
1603 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on August - 16.
1622 On this day in history tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian
1625 On August - 16 earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe
1661 Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on August - 16.
1665 On this day in history the arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse.
1666 On August - 16 henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz
1675 Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on this day in history.
1678 On this day in history andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57
1691 On this day in history yorktown Va founded
1705 Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1717 Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade on this day in history.
1738 Joe Miller, English comic, dies on August - 16.
1743 On this day in history earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)
1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on August - 16.
1748 On August - 16 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies
1748 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on August - 16.
1769 On this day in history jean Aime Vernier, composer
1776 On August - 16 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer
1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt on August - 16.
1780 On August - 16 british decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC
1786 On this day in history henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80
1794 On this day in history hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna
1795 On August - 16 heinrich August Marschner, composer
1797 On this day in history comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth
1799 Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.