Events on Jun 15

• 1094Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren
• 1215King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England
• 1219King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark
• 1246Battle at Leitha: Hungary-Austrian
• 1389Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs, Bosnians
• 1567Battle at Carberry Scot: Protestant troops beat Earl Bothwells army
• 1567Genoa Italy expels Jews
• 1590Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther
• 1626King Charles I disbands English parliament
• 1643Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania
• 1741Captain Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America
• 1762Austria uses 1st paper currency
• 1775George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
• 1779General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx
• 180412th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing President
• 1808Jozef Napoleon becomes King of Spain
• 1834Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews
• 1836Arkansas becomes 25th state
• 1844Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
• 1851Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory
• 1857San Francisco Water Works organized
• 18601st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
• 1861Johnston evacuates Harpers Ferry
• 1862Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"
• 18632nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities
• 1864Battle for Petersburg begins as General Grant assaults Confederate line
• 1864Captain Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia
• 1864Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
• 1866Prussia attacks Austria
• 1869Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, New York

Born on Jun 15

• 1221Frederik II [Strijdbare]: Duke of Austria
• 1330Edward [the black prince]: Prince of Wales (1343-1376)
• 1542Richard Grenville: English parliament leader / Vice-Admiral (Roanoke)
• 1553Ernst: Archduke of Austria / Governor of the Netherlands
• 1623Cornelis de Witt: Dutch Statesman (Chatham)
• 1636Johann David Mayer: Composer
• 1638Samuel Apostool: Dutch vicar / theologist (The Sun)
• 1728Pietro Alessandro Pavona: Composer
• 1734Johann Ernst Altenburg: Composer
• 1749George Joseph Vogler: Composer
• 1763Franz Danzi: Composer
• 1767Rachel Donelson Jackson: Wife of President Andrew (1828-37) died in 1828
• 1821Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba: Composer
• 1833Edward Moody McCook: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
• 1843Edvard Hagerup Grieg: Bergen, Norway -- Composer (Bewitched One)
• 1864Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz: Composer
• 1865L H Perquin: Dutch religious radio speaker
• 1865Paul Gilson: Composer
• 1867K Balmont: Writer
• 1878Eduard R Verkade: Dutch actor / director / critic (Pygmalion)
• 1880Mahlon Hamilton: Virginia, United States -- Actor (Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi)
• 1884Harry Langdon: Council Bluffs, Iowa -- Comic / director (Strong Man)
• 1886Charles Wood: Composer
• 1893Jacob HA van Coeverden: Boer / edelman
• 1894Robert Russell Bennett: Kansas City, United States -- Composer / arranger (Oklahoma!)
• 1898Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong: Organist
• 1898Willem Scheps: Dutch journalist
• 1900Otto Clarence Luening: Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Composer (Sonority Canon)
• 1900Paul J Mares: United States -- Jazz trumpetist / composer (Farewell blues)
• 1901Peter Shankland: Film maker / writer

Died on Jun 15

• 0923Robert I: King of France (922-23), dies in battle
• 0948Romanus I Lecapenus: Armenian Emperor of Byzantium (919-44)
• 0991Theophano: German Empress / Wife of Emperor Otto II
• 1246Frederik II "the Strijdbare": Duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25
• 1337Angelus Clarenus / da Cingoli: Italian leader
• 1341Andronicus III Paleologus: Byzantine Emperor (1328-41)
• 1389Lazar I: Serbian prince, dies in battle
• 1389Murad I: Osmaans Sultan, dies in battle
• 1397Count of Eu: French knight, dies in Turkish captivity
• 1467Philip the Good: Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70
• 1557Sebastiaan Van Noyen: Military master builder
• 1580Nicolaas van Nieuwland: Corrupt 1st Bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70
• 1666Pieter de Bitter: Dutch Admiral (Colombo, Goa)
• 1677Giovanni Battista Chinelli: Composer, dies at 67
• 1702Georg E Rumphius: German nature explorer
• 1703Gillis Schey: Dutch Admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58
• 1708Romeyn de Hooghe: Painter / goldsmith, buried at 62
• 1760Antoine Court: French reformed theologist, dies at 69
• 1772Louis-Claude Daquin: French Organist / Composer (La Rose), dies at 77
• 1814Charles Palissot de Montenoy: French writer / politician, dies at 84
• 1828Brizio Petrucci: Composer, dies at 91
• 1831Peter Fuchs: Composer, dies at 78
• 1839Hans Skramstad: Composer, dies at 41
• 1844Thomas Campbell: Poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66
• 1845Francesco Capaccini: Italian Cardinal / diplomat, dies at 60
• 1849James Knox Polk: 11th President (1845-1849), dies at 53 in Nashville, Tennessee
• 1856David Cox: English Painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73
• 1858Ary Scheffer: Painter / etcher / sculptor, dies at 63
• 1865Edmun Ruffin: US secessionist / writer, commits suicide
• 1865Jakob Zeugheer: Composer, dies at 61

Historical events on June 16

• 0632Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
• 1487Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell
• 1567Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
• 1624Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown
• 1673Peace of Vossem: French King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
• 1745English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River
• 1746Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army
• 1775Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress
• 1779In support of the US, Spain declares war on England
• 1779Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada
• 1784Holland forbids orange clothes
• 17941st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)
• 1815Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia
• 1815Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French
• 1822Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina
• 1823King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
• 1842Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die
• 1858Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
• 1861Battle of Vienna, VA and Secessionville, SC (James Island)
• 1864Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia
• 1864Skirmish at Golgotha, Georgia
• 1864Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia
• 1871Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, New York City
• 1880Salvation Army forms in Londo
• 1881Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty
• 188217" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque, Iowa
• 1884On Coney Island, the 1st roller coaster begins operating
• 1893RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack
• 19031st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
• 1903Ford Motors incorporates

Born on June 16

• 1583Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna: Swedish Earl / chancellor / regent
• 1633Nathaniel Schnittelbach: Composer
• 1637Giovanni Paulo Colonna: Composer
• 1752Meingosus Gaelle: Composer
• 1834Wesley Merritt: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
• 1837Eli Long: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
• 1843David Popper: Composer
• 1843Jan Malat: Composer
• 1853Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren: Composer
• 1858Eugene Ysaye: Composer
• 1858Gustav V: King of Sweden (1907-50)
• 1861Scato Gocko de Vries: Dutch paleographer / librarian
• 1863Paul Antonin Vidal: Composer
• 1874Arthur Meighen: (C) 9th Prime Minister of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
• 1879Fritz Schulz: German law historian (Classical Novel Law)
• 1879Theo[dorus J] Thijssen: Dutch writer (Kees the boy)
• 1892Lupino Lane: London, England -- Actress (Love Parade)
• 1894Norman Kerry: Rochester, New York -- Actor (Phantom of the Opera)
• 1896Jean Peugeot: Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
• 1896William Fitzgerald Jenkins: Author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)
• 1900Jan van Tilburg: Governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
• 1901Arthur Pierson: Oslo, Norway -- Actor / director (Hat Check Girl)
• 1901Conrad Beck: Composer
• 1902Barbara McClintock: United States -- Cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)
• 1902Kornelis Posthumus: Dutch chemist
• 1903Huldreich Georg Fruh: Composer
• 1904Gerard Holt: Dutch architect
• 1907Jack Albertson: Malden, Massachusetts -- Actor (Thin Man, Chico & the Man)
• 1907John Hadfield: Author / publisher (Love on a Branch Line)
• 1909Willi Boskovsky: Austria -- Conductor (new years concert)

Died on June 16

• 0956Hugo [the Great]: Duke of France
• 1246Lutgardis / Ludgardis: Flemish mystic / saint, dies at about 64
• 1361John Tauler: German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61
• 1492Jan Coppenhole: Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
• 1575Hadrianus Junius [Adriaen the Jonghe]: Medical / historian, dies at 63
• 1620Carlo Saraceni [Carlo Veniziano]: Italian Painter (Judith)
• 1644Johannes a Sancto Thoma [Poinset]: Portuguese theologist, dies at 54
• 1651Marsilio Casentini: Composer, dies at 74
• 1671Stenka Razin: Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow
• 1722John Churchill up Marlborough: English General strategist, dies at 72
• 1752Giulio Alberoni: Spanish / Italian Minister / cardinal, dies at 88
• 1804Johann Adam Hiller: Composer, dies at 75
• 1808Georg Wenzel Ritter: Composer, dies at 60
• 1812Franz Pforr: German Painter / cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23
• 1815Frederik Willem: Duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle
• 1831Joseph Ignaz Schnabel: Composer, dies at 64
• 1837Valentino Fioravanti: Composer, dies at 72
• 1892Victor Tesch: Belgian lawyer / Minister of Justice, dies at 80
• 1901Hermann Grimm: German writer / Poet / historian
• 1910Wendelin Weissheimer: Composer, dies at 72
• 1930Elmer Ambrose Sperry: US inventor (gyroscope compass)
• 1932Frederik W Van Oaths: Psychiatrist / writer (Blades of Grass)
• 1936Leib Malach: Yiddish writer
• 1940Vitezslava Kapralova: Composer, dies at 25
• 1941Lodo of Hamel: 1st Dutch secret affiliate
• 1946Ludwig Winder: Writer
• 1946Miloje Milojevic: Composer, dies at 61
• 1947Jean-Francois Capart: Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
• 1958Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia: Composer, dies at 45
• 1959George Reeves: Actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45

Events on Jun 17

• 0653St. Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 0656Ali ibn Abu Talib chosen kalief of Islam
• 0676Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1091Floris II de Vette becomes Earl of Holland
• 1119Charles the Good becomes Earl of Flanders
• 1291Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed
• 1397Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway
• 1535English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights
• 1579Anti-English uprising in Ireland
• 1579Francis Drake entered SF Bay
• 1579Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of California
• 1580Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels
• 1583Brabant: Duke of Parma beats French mercenaries
• 1609Netherlands, England and France sign 12 year Covenant
• 1665Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain
• 1700Mass orders priest to leave the colony
• 1734French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
• 1745American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
• 17893rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
• 1815Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda
• 1837Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
• 1850Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
• 1855Heavy French / British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
• 1856Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
• 1861Battle of Boonville, MI - Brigadier General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
• 1863Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
• 1863Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs. CSS Atlanta
• 1863Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
• 1864640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
• 1864General John B Hood replaces General Johnston

Born on Jun 17

• 1239Edward I: King of England (1272-1307) / chased Jews out of England
• 1604Johan Maurits: Count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)
• 1682Charles XII: King of Sweden (1697-1718)
• 1703John B Wesley: England, United Kingdom -- Religion co-founder (Methodists)
• 1714Cesar F Cassini de Thury: French astronomer (geodesic labor)
• 1725Joseph Anton Bauer: Composer
• 1742William Hooper: US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence)
• 1750Michel Woldemar: Composer
• 1756Pierre-Joseph Cambon: French member of Committee of Salut Public
• 1810F Freiligrath: Writer
• 1811Jon Sigurdsson: Iceland -- Leader / collects Icelandic legends
• 1817Thomas Maley Harris: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
• 1818Charles Francois Gounod: Paris, France -- Opera composer (Faust)
• 1818Sophia Frederika Mathilde: Queen of the Netherlands / Wife of William III
• 1823John Henry Hobart Ward: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
• 1828Jan K J de Jonge: Dutch historian
• 1830Rochard Montgomery Gano: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
• 1832William Crookes: English chemist / physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium)
• 1837Vincent Strong: Civil war fighter, died in 1863
• 1838Bankim C Chattopadhyaya: Writer (Kapala-Kundala)
• 1838Chattopadhyaya / Bankim Chandra: Bengalese writer (Monastery of Delight)
• 1845Hendrik P Staal: Dutch banker
• 1855Fritz Steinbach: Composer
• 1858Eben Sumner Draper: (Gov-Massachusetts)
• 1861Sidney James Jones: Composer
• 1867John Robert Gregg: Ireland -- Inventor (shorthand)
• 1870George Cormack: Cereal inventor (Wheaties)
• 1871James Weldon Johnson: Lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)
• 1871Nicolae Iorga: Writer / poet / literature historian / President of Romania
• 1874Grant Mitchell: Columbus, Ohio -- Actor (Man Who Came to Dinner)

Died on Jun 17

• 0656Osman ibn Affan: 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered
• 0676Adeodatus II: Italian Pope (672-76)
• 0855Leo IV: Italian Pope (847-55)
• 1091Dirk V: Count of Holland (1061-91)
• 1119Boudouin VII with the Axe: Earl of Flanders (1111-19)
• 1501Jan I Olbracht: King of Poland
• 1672Orazio Benevoli: Italian composer, dies at 67
• 1678Giacomo Torelli: Composer, dies at 69
• 1696Jan III Sobieski: King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72
• 1696Johannes II Sobieski: King of Poland (1674-96)
• 1719Joseph Addison: English Poet / writer / Secretary of State, dies at 47
• 1734Duke of Berwick: French General strategist, dies in battle
• 1797Aga Mohammed Khan: Cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed
• 1815Hammida: Algerian Admiral, dies in battle
• 1862Charles J Canning: English 1st Viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49
• 1863Isham W Garrott: US attorney / Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle
• 1906Harry N Pillsbury: US chess player
• 1906William Dale: International legal consultant
• 1910Lady Mosley: Biographer
• 1918Derek Barber: CEO (Countryside Commission)
• 1928Ramon de Basterra: Spanish writer / diplomat (Virulo, mocedades)
• 1936Kenneth Loach: TV director (Singing the Blues in Red)
• 1938Peter Michael: CEO (Cray Electronics)
• 1939Eugene Weldman: Last guillotined in France
• 1941Johan Wagenaar: Dutch Composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78
• 1951Carl Vogler: Composer, dies at 77
• 1952Alberto Williams: Argentine Composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89
• 1953Walter Niemann: Composer, dies at 76
• 1957D Richardson: Writer, dies at 84
• 1959Abdul Mouse: Indonesian nationalist foreman / author, dies at about 68