June 16
June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years ), with 198 days remaining.
Events
1400-1899
1487 - Battle of Stoke Field , the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir
1654 - Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates
1716 - The first volume of Alexander Pope's* translation of the lliad is published. Admonishes classical scholar Richard Bentley: "It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer."
1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River
1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French fortress of Louisburg during the War of the Austrian Succession .
1746 - War of Austrian Succession : Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
1755 - French and Indian War : French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky .
1779 - Spain declares war on Britain and the siege of Gibraltar begins
1815 - Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras , two days before Waterloo .
1836 - Formation of the London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement
1846 - Pope Pius IX is elected pope.
1858 - Abraham Lincoln 's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny .
1871 - University Tests Act allow students to enter the Universities of Oxford , Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island , New York
1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada 's third prime minister .
1900-1999
2000-2099
Births
1300-1899
1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio , Italian writer (d. 1375 )
1514 - John Cheke , English classical scholar (d. 1557 )
1583 - Axel Oxenstierna , Swedish statesman (d. 1654 )
1613 - John Cleveland , English poet (d. 1658 )
1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart , Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670 )
1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard , American printer and publisher (d. 1816 )
1792 - John Linnell , English artist (d. 1882 )
1792 - Sir Thomas Mitchell , Australian explorer (d. 1855 )
1801 - Julius Plücker , German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868 )
1806 - Edward Davy , English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885 )
1813 - Otto Jahn , German archaeologist (d. 1869 )
1820 - Athanase Coquerel , French protestant preacher (d. 1875 )
1826 - Constantin von Ettingshausen , Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897 )
1829 - Geronimo , Apache warrior and leader (d. 1909 )
1836 - Wesley Merritt , soldier (d. 1910 )
1837 - Ernst Laas , German philosopher (d. 1885 )
1838 - Cushman Davis , politician (d. 1900 )
1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick , engineer (d. 1913 )
1858 - King Gustav V of Sweden (d. 1950 )
1874 - Arthur Meighen , ninth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960 )
1880 - Otto Eisenschiml , Austrian-American chemist and historian (d. 1963 )
1890 - Stan Laurel , American actor and comedian (d. 1965 )
1897 - Georg Wittig , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987 )
1900-1999
1902 - Barbara McClintock , geneticist (d. 1992 )
1902 - George Gaylord Simpson 1984 )
1903 - Helen Traubel , American soprano (d. 1972 )
1907 - Jack Albertson , actor (d. 1981 )
1909 - Archie Fairley Carr , biologist and expert on turtles (d. 1987 )
1910 - Juan Velasco , President of Peru from 1968 to 1975 (d. 1977 )
1912 - Enoch Powell , British politician (d. 1998 )
1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias , athlete (d. 1956 )
1916 - Hank Luisetti , baseball player (d. 2002 )
1917 - Katharine Graham , Washington Post 2001 )
1917 - Irving Penn , photographer
1920 - José López Portillo , President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982 (d. 2004 )
1920 - John Howard Griffin , writer (d. 1980 )
1927 - Tom Graveney , English cricketer
1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld , author and playwright (d. 2001 )
1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond , cinematographer
1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins , English actress
1935 - Jim Dine , artist
1937 - Erich Segal , author
1938 - James Bolam , English actor
1938 - Joyce Carol Oates , novelist
1940 - Neil Goldschmidt , governor of Oregon
1941 - Lamont Dozier , record company executive
1942 - Giacomo Agostini , Italian motorcyclist
1942 - Eddie Levert , R&B singer
1947 - -minu , Swiss columnist and writer
1951 - Roberto Durán , boxer
1952 - Michel Blanc , French actor
1952 - George Papandreou, junior , Greek politician
1952 - Gino Vannelli , vocalist , songwriter
1955 - Laurie Metcalf , actress Dennis Lippincott ,Printer
1966 - Jan Zelezný , Czech athlete
1967 - John Franklin , actor
1970 - Phil Mickelson , golfer
1971 - Tupac Shakur , musician (d. 1996 )
1977 - Kerry Wood , baseball pitcher
1980 - Joey Yung , Hong Kong singer
1988 - Marinó Sigurðsson , Iceland actor/director
1988 - Keshia Chante , Canadian R&B Singer
Deaths
1800 BC-AD 1899
1750 BC - King Hammurabi of Babylon
AD 1216 - Pope Innocent III
1464 - Roger van der Weyden , Flemish painter (b. 1399 )
1468 - Jean Le Fevre , Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395 )
1622 - Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline , chancellor of Scotland (b. ca. 1555 )
1626 - Christian the Younger , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Protestant military commander (b. 1599 )
1666 - Richard Fanshawe , English poet, translator and diplomat (b. 1608 )
1671 - Stenka Razin , Cossack rebel leader (executed) (b. ca. 1630 )
1707 - Duchess de Nemours , sovereign princess of Neuchâtel, best known for her Mémoires (b. 1625 )
1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , English general (b. 1650 )
1752 - Giulio Alberoni , Spanish cardinal (b. 1664 )
1752 - Joseph Butler , English philosopher (b. 1692 )
1777 - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset , French poet and dramatist (b. 1709 )
1778 - Konrad Ekhof , German actor (b. 1720 )
1779 - Sir Francis Bernard , Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712 )
1804 - Johann Hiller , German composer (b. 1728 )
1817 - Alexander Dallas , statesman and financier (b. 1759 )
1848 - Ludwig II, Grand-Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt , (b. 1777 )
1849 - Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette , German theologian (b. 1780 )
1855 - John Gorrie , physician, early pioneer in refrigeration (b. 1803 )
1858 - John Snow , English obstetrician (b. 1813 )
1866 - Auguste Barthelemy , French satirical poet (b. 1796 )
1869 - Charles Sturt , English explorer (b. 1795 )
1872 - Norman MacCleod , Scottish clergyman to Queen Victoria (b. 1812 )
1878 - Crawford Long , physician (b. 1815 )
1881 - Sir Josiah Mason , English pen-manufacturer (b. 1795 )
1885 - Wilhelm Camphausen , German painter (b. 1818 )
1894 - William Calder Marshall , Scottish sculptor (b. 1813 )
1900-1999
1900 - Prince François, Duke of Joinville , third son of Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1818 )
1925 - Chittaranjan Das , Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870 )
1925 - Emmett Hardy , jazz musician (b. 1903 )
1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry , inventor (b. 1860 )
1940 - DuBose Heyward , writer
1944 - Marc Bloch , French historian (executed) (b. 1886 )
1953 - Margaret Bondfield , English politician and feminist (b. 1873 )
1958 - Imre Nagy , former Premier of Hungary (b. 1895 )
1959 - George Reeves , actor, played Superman (b. 1914 )
1969 - Harold Alexander , British military commander (b. 1891 )
1970 - Brian Piccolo , American football player
1971 - Lord Reith , first Director-General of the BBC (b. 1889 )
1976 - Hector Pieterson , one of the first children (566 in all) killed during the Soweto Uprising.
1977 - Wernher von Braun , rocket scientist (b. 1912 )
1979 - Vernon Presley , father of Elvis Presley (b. 1916 )
1979 - Nicholas Ray , film director (b. 1911 )
1986 - Maurice Duruflé , French composer and organist (b. 1902 )
1988 - Kim Milford , actor (b. 1951 )
1993 - Lindsay Hassett , Australian cricketer (b. 1913 )
1996 - Mel Allen , baseball announcer
1999 - Screaming Lord Sutch , founder of Britain's Official Monster Raving Loony Party (b. 1940 )
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
External links
June 15 - June 17 - May 16 - July 16 -- listing of all days
