386 Historic Events for June 16
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| 1775 |
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Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)
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| 1775 |
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Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress
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| 1779 |
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In support of the US, Spain declares war on England
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| 1779 |
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Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada
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| 1784 |
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Holland forbids orange clothes
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| 1793 |
Death |
Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies
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| 1794 |
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1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)
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| 1804 |
Death |
Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75
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| 1808 |
Death |
Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60
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| 1812 |
Death |
Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23
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| 1815 |
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Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia
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| 1815 |
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Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French
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| 1815 |
Death |
Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle
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| 1822 |
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Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina
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| 1823 |
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King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
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| 1831 |
Death |
Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64
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| 1832 |
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Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Ill
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| 1834 |
Birth |
Wesley Merritt, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
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| 1836 |
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London Working Men's Assn forms
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| 1837 |
Death |
Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72
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| 1837 |
Birth |
Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
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| 1842 |
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Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die
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| 1843 |
Birth |
Jan Malat, composer
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| 1843 |
Birth |
David Popper, composer
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| 1853 |
Birth |
Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer
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