Historical Events on June 16

Treaty dividing territory between Portugal and Spain

1505 catastrophic earthquake centered in northern Nepal

1606 naval battle fought between the Spanish fleet and Dutch fleet, in front of Cape St. Vincent

1642 Skirmish during the Eleven Years' War

1755 battle of the French and Indian War

1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition

1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition

Battle of the Black Hawk War in 1832 in the Michigan Territory, United States

First Opium War battle near Shanghai (1842)

New York City Police Riot

1921 ambush during the Irish War of Independence

Allied occupation of Iceland — 1941 World War II Allied occupation

Speech by General Charles de Gaulle

June 1964 earthquake in Japan

1972 UN declaration on the global environment

Soweto uprising — series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa

1976 treaty between Australia and Japan

1979 sectarian killing in Syria

1991 Mexican Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1991

International treaty for bird conservation

1996 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1996

1996 Russian presidential election — election

Parade for the Queen's Official Birthday

2007 military operation

2010 magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Papua, province of Indonesia

Fatal accident in Toronto, 2012