Historical Events In August - 16

1290  On August - 16 charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou   

1355  On August - 16 philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1384  On August - 16 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.   

1397  On August - 16 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on August - 16.   

1513  On this day in history battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France   

1518  On August - 16 loyset Compère, French composer   

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar on August - 16.   

1570  On this day in history king Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II   

1603  On this day in history silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62   

1622  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian on this day in history.   

1625  Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53   

1665  The arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse on August - 16.   

1666  Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz on August - 16.   

1675  Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on August - 16.   

1678  Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on this day in history.   

1691  On August - 16 yorktown Va founded   

1705  On August - 16 jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50   

1717  Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade on August - 16.   

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on this day in history.   

1743  Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) on this day in history.   

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies   

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1769  On this day in history jean Aime Vernier, composer   

1776  On August - 16 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer   

1777  On this day in history americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt   

1780  On this day in history british decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC   

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1794  Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna on this day in history.   

1795  Heinrich August Marschner, composer on August - 16.   

1797  Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth on this day in history.   

1799  Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on August - 16.   

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on this day in history.   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on August - 16.   

1397  On this day in history birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on August - 16.   

1557  On August - 16 birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on this day in history.   

1297  On August - 16 death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  On this day in history death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  On this day in history death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on August - 16.   

1445  On August - 16 death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)   

1508  On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41