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16 February 1470<\/h3>\n
Sir Roger Vaughan, a prominent Welsh Yorkist (and said to have led Owen Tudor to execution after the battle of Mortimer\u2019s Cross in 1461) was appointed constable of Cardigan Castle. The next year he was captured by Tudor\u2019s son, Jasper, and beheaded.<\/p>\n

16 February 1568<\/h3>\n
The entire population of the Netherlands is condemned to death by the Inquisition for heresy.<\/p>\n

16 February 1607<\/h3>\n
Buckinghamshire MP Sir Christopher Pigott is sent to the Tower of London for violently speaking out in Parliament against Union with Scotland.<\/p>\n

16 February 1641<\/h3>\n
Charles I<\/a> reluctantly gave royal assent to the Triennial Act, which called for a parliament of at least 50 days every three years. The act prevented kings from ruling without parliament, as Charles had done from 1629 to 1640.<\/p>\n

16 February 1909<\/h3>\n
One hundred and sixty eight miners lose their lives in an underground explosion at the West Stanley Colliery, County Durham. A number of those killed are in their early teens.<\/p>\n

16 February 1923<\/h3>\n
English archaeologist Howard Carter opened the fourth room of King Tutankhamun<\/a>\u2019s tomb \u2013 the sealed burial chamber that contained the king\u2019s sarcophagus and mummified body.<\/p>\n

16 February 1470<\/h3>\nSir Roger Vaughan, a prominent Welsh Yorkist (and said to have led Owen Tudor to execution after the battle of Mortimer\u2019s Cross in 1461) was appointed constable of Cardigan Castle. The next year he was captured by Tudor\u2019s son, Jasper, and beheaded.<\/p>\n

16 February 1568<\/h3>\nThe entire population of the Netherlands is condemned to death by the Inquisition for heresy.<\/p>\n

16 February 1607<\/h3>\nBuckinghamshire MP Sir Christopher Pigott is sent to the Tower of London for violently speaking out in Parliament against Union with Scotland.<\/p>\n

16 February 1641<\/h3>\nCharles I<\/a> reluctantly gave royal assent to the Triennial Act, which called for a parliament of at least 50 days every three years. The act prevented kings from ruling without parliament, as Charles had done from 1629 to 1640.<\/p>\n