Template:On this day/June 16
- 1779 – Revolutionary War: Hoping to regain its Florida colonies, Spain joined the fledgling United States of America by declaring war against England.
- 1845 – Jonathan Walker was released from jail.
- 1955 – Greg Evers was born.
- 2007 – The Santa Rosa Island Authority renamed a quarter-mile segment of Via de Luna after the late Allen Levin.