This day in History - June 16

386 Historic Events for June 16
632 Event Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
956 Death Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies
1216 Death Innocent III, pope, dies at 54
1246 Death Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64
1338 Event German monarch declares pope and king's decree redundant
1361 Death John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61
1487 Event Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell
1492 Death Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
1567 Event Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
1575 Death Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63
1583 Birth Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1620 Death Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies
1624 Event Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown
1633 Birth Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer
1637 Birth Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
1644 Death Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54
1651 Death Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
1671 Death Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow
1673 Event Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
1722 Death John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72
1745 Event English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River
1746 Event Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army
1752 Death Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88
1752 Birth Meingosus Gaelle, composer
1755 Event British capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel Acadians