Historical Events In June - 16
Friday, 21 February 2025
0632 On June - 16 origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
0956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on June - 16.
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
1338 On this day in history german monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant
1361 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16.
1487 Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell on this day in history.
1492 On this day in history jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
1567 On June - 16 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 June - 16 giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
1644 Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 on June - 16.
1651 Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1671 Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow on June - 16.
1671 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow on June - 16.
1673 On this day in history peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
1722 On June - 16 john Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72
1745 On this day in history english fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River
1746 On this day in history battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army
1752 On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer
1752 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 on June - 16.
1755 On this day in history british capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel the Acadians
1755 British capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians on this day in history.
1774 On this day in history formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill) on June - 16.
1779 On this day in history in support of the US, Spain declares war on England
1784 On this day in history holland forbids orange clothes
1793 Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies on this day in history.
1794 On June - 16 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)