June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (168th in Leap Year s), with 198 days remaining.
- 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
- 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island , which is now part of Nova Scotia , Canada
- 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg , Nova Scotia during the War Of The Austrian Succession .
- to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
- 1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky .
- 1779 - Spain declares war on the Kingdom Of Great 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 - The Papal Conclave Of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope , beginning the longest reign in the history of the post- Apostolic papacy.
- 1858 - Abraham Lincoln 's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
- 1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny .
- 1871 - University Tests Act allows 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 .
- 1902 - Australia : Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
- 1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates.
- 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo , Norway .
- 1904 - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov , Governor-General Of Finland .
- 1911 - A 772 Gram stony Meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn , Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- 1915 - Foundation of the British Women's Institute
- 1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded
- 1925 - The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR , Artek established.
- Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France
- 1940 - A Communist government is installed in Lithuania
- 1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first Skyjacking of a commercial plane.
- 1955 - Pope Pius XII Excommunicates Juan Perón
- 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock 's '' Psycho '' opens in New York
- 1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris
- 1962 - Two U.S. Army officers are killed in Saigon,Vietnam.
- 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
- 1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
- 1972 - Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen .
- 1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
- , South Africa turns into days of Riot ing when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
- 1977 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
- 1978 - The film '' Grease '' is released.
- 1983 - Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR
- 1994 - A Chinese operated Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160
- 1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential election
- 1997 - Dairat Labguer Massacre in Algeria; some 50 people killed.
- 1999 - Thabo Mbeki elected President of South Africa .
- 2001 - George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin meet in Brdo Pri Kranju , Slovenia
- 1139 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155 )
- 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio , Italian writer (d. 1375 )
- 1514 - John Cheke , English classical scholar (d. 1557 )
- 1583 - Axel Oxenstierna , Swedish statesman (d. 1654 )
- 1591 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo , Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655 )
- 1606 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl Of Donegall , Irish soldier (d. 1675 )
- 1612 - Murad IV , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640 )
- 1613 - John Cleveland , English poet (d. 1658 )
- 1633 - Jean De Thévenot , French traveler and scientist (d. 1667 )
- 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart , Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670 )
- 1713 - Meshech Weare , Governor of New Hamphsire (d. 1786 )
- 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 leader (d. 1909 )
- 1836 - Wesley Merritt , American soldier (d. 1910 )
- 1837 - Ernst Laas , German philosopher (d. 1885 )
- 1838 - Cushman Davis , American politician (d. 1900 )
- 1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick , German engineer (d. 1913 )
- 1858 - King Gustaf 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 )
- 1888 - Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman , Russian physicist (d. 1925 )
- 1890 - Stan Laurel , British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965 )
- 1894 - Norman Kerry , American actor (d. 1956 )
- 1896 - Murray Leinster , American author (d. 1976 )
- 1897 - Georg Wittig , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987 )
- 1902 - Barbara McClintock , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1992 )
- 1902 - George Gaylord Simpson , American paleontologist (d. 1984 )
- 1903 - Helen Traubel , American soprano (d. 1972 )
- 1907 - Jack Albertson , American actor (d. 1981 )
- 1909 - Archie Fairley Carr , biologist (d. 1987 )
- 1910 - Juan Velasco , President Of Peru (d. 1977 )
- 1912 - Enoch Powell , British politician (d. 1998 )
- 1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias , American athlete (d. 1956 )
- 1915 - John Tukey , American statistician
- 1916 - Hank Luisetti , baseball player (d. 2002 )
- 1917 - Katharine Graham , American publisher (d. 2001 )
- 1917 - Irving Penn , American photographer
- 1920 - José López Portillo , President Of Mexico (d. 2004 )
- 1920 - John Howard Griffin , American writer (d. 1980 )
- 1924 - Faith Domergue , American actor (d. 1999 )
- 1927 - Tom Graveney , English cricketer
- 1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld , German author and playwright (d. 2001 )
- 1929 - Ramon Bieri , American actor (d. 2001 )
- 1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond , Hungarian/American cinematographer
- 1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins , English actress
- 1934 - William Forsyth Sharpe , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 - Jim Dine , American artist
- 1937 - Erich Segal , American author
- 1938 - James Bolam , English actor
- 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates , American novelist
- 1940 - Neil Goldschmidt , Governor of Oregon
- 1941 - Lamont Dozier , American record company executive
- 1942 - Giacomo Agostini , Italian motorcyclist
- 1947 - -minu , Swiss columnist and writer
- 1949 - Paulo César Lima , Brazilian football player
- 1951 - Roberto Durán , Panamanian boxer
- 1952 - George Papandreou, Junior , Greek politician
- 1952 - Gino Vannelli , Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1953 - Ian Mosley , British drummer ( Marillion )
- 1955 - Laurie Metcalf , American actress
- 1961 - Steve Larmer , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1961 - Peter Sterling , Australian rugby player
- 1966 - Jan Zelezný , Czech athlete
- 1967 - John Franklin , American actor
- 1969 - Mark Crossley , Welsh footballer
- 1970 - Phil Mickelson , American golfer
- 1970 - James Shaffer , American guitarist ( KoЯn )
- 1971 - Derek R. Audette , Canadian artist and poet
- 1971 - Tupac Amaru Shakur , American rapper (d. 1996 )
- 1972 - Hank Von Helvete , Norwegian musician
- 1977 - Kerry Wood , baseball player
- 1978 - Dainius Zubrus , Lithuanian Ice Hockey player
- 1980 - Joey Yung , Hong Kong singer
- 1980 - Nehir Erdoğan , Turkish actress
- 1982 - Matt Costa , American singer song writer
- 1987 - Per Ciljan Skjelbred , Norwegian footballer
- 1988 - Keshia Chanté , Canadian singer
- 1216 - Pope Innocent III
- 1397 - Philip Of Artois, Count Of Eu , French soldier (b. 1358 )
- 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. 1555 )
- 1623 - Christian, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel , German protestant military leader (b. 1599 )
- 1666 - Richard Fanshawe , English poet, translator, and diplomat (b. 1608 )
- 1671 - Stenka Razin , Cossack rebel leader (executed)
- 1707 - Marie D'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess De Nemours , sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625 )
- 1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke Of Marlborough , English general (b. 1650 )
- 1749 - Johann Baptista Ruffini , Italian trader (b. 1672 )
- 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 )
- 1849 - Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette , German theologian (b. 1780 )
- 1855 - John Gorrie , American physician (b. 1803 )
- 1858 - John Snow , English obstetrician (b. 1813 )
- 1866 - Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798 )
- 1869 - Charles Sturt , English explorer (b. 1795 )
- 1872 - Norman MacLeod , Scottish clergyman (b. 1812 )
- 1878 - Crawford Long , American physician (b. 1815 )
- 1881 - Sir Josiah Mason , English manufacturer (b. 1795 )
- 1885 - Wilhelm Camphausen , German painter (b. 1818 )
- 1925 - Chittaranjan Das , Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870 )
- 1925 - Emmett Hardy , American musician (b. 1903 )
- 1929 - Bramwell Booth , the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856 )
- 1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry , American inventor (b. 1860 )
- 1940 - DuBose Heyward , American writer (b. 1885 )
- 1944 - Marc Bloch , French historian (executed) (b. 1886 )
- 1953 - Margaret Bondfield , English politician and feminist (b. 1873 )
- 1958 - Imre Nagy , Prime Minister Of Hungary (b. 1895 )
- 1959 - George Reeves , American actor (b. 1914 )
- 1969 - Harold Alexander , British military commander (b. 1891 )
- 1970 - Heino Eller , Estonian composer (b. 1887 )
- 1970 - Brian Piccolo , American football player (b. 1943 )
- 1971 - Lord Reith , British broadcast executive (b. 1889 )
- 1977 - Wernher Von Braun , German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912 )
- 1979 - Nicholas Ray , American film director (b. 1911 )
- 1981 - Jule Gregory Charney , meteorologist (b. 1917 )
- 1984 - Lew Andreas , American basketball coach (b. 1895 )
- 1986 - Maurice Duruflé , French composer and organist (b. 1902 )
- 1988 - Kim Milford , American actor (b. 1951 )
- 1993 - Lindsay Hassett , Australian cricketer (b. 1913 )
- 1996 - Mel Allen , baseball announcer (b. 1913 )
- 1996 - Curt Swan , American comic book artist (b. 1920 )
- 2000 - Empress Nagako of Japan (b. 1903 )
- 2003 - Georg Henrik Von Wright , Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916 )
- 2004 - Thanom Kittikachorn , Prime Minister Of Thailand (b. 1912 )
- 2005 - Enrique Laguerre , Puerto Rican writer (b. 1906 )
June 15 - June 17 - May 16 - July 16 -- Listing Of All Days
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