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  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 this day in history 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  Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France on August - 16.   

1518  On August - 16 loyset Compère, French composer   

1550  On August - 16 carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1570  King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II on August - 16.   

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

1661  On August - 16 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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 16 prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade   

1738  On August - 16 joe Miller, English comic, dies   

1743  On this day in history earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)   

1745  On this day in history skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots   

1748  On August - 16 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies   

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on August - 16.   

1769  Jean Aime Vernier, composer on this day in history.   

1776  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer on this day in history.   

1777  On August - 16 americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt   

1780  British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC on this day in history.   

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on August - 16.   

1794  On August - 16 hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna   

1795  On this day in history heinrich August Marschner, composer   

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

1799  On August - 16 vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1401  On August - 16 birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

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

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  On August - 16 birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)   

1027  On August - 16 death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)   

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 August - 16 death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  On this day in history death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)   

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