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386 Historic Events for June 16

1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill) Event
1775 Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress Event
1779 In support of the US, Spain declares war on England Event
1779 Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada Event
1784 Holland forbids orange clothes Event
1793 Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies Death
1794 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) Event
1804 Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75 Death
1808 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 Death
1812 Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 Death

1815 Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia Event
1815 Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French Event
1815 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle Death
1822 Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina Event
1823 King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp Event
1831 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64 Death
1832 Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Ill Event
1834 Wesley Merritt, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 Birth
1836 London Working Men's Assn forms Event
1837 Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 Death
1837 Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 Birth
1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die Event
1843 Jan Malat, composer Birth
1843 David Popper, composer Birth
1853 Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer Birth