Historical Events In October - 16

1765  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.  

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on October - 16.  

1775  On October - 16 portland, Maine burned by British  

1780  On October - 16 royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War.  

1781  George Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.  

1781  On this day in history washington takes Yorktown  

1791  On October - 16 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies  

1793  The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris on this day in history.  

1793  On October - 16 battle of Wattignies.  

1793  On October - 16 marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France  

1795  On this day in history m von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres  

1799  On October - 16 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44  

1806  William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869 on October - 16.  

1811  On October - 16 gaetano Capocci, composer  

1813  On October - 16 battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)  

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1815  On October - 16 napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic  

1816  William Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 on October - 16.  

1817  On October - 16 manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies  

1821  Albert Franz Doppler, composer on this day in history.  

1825  Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on October - 16.  

1826  On this day in history piotr Studzinski, composer  

1829  On this day in history tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston  

1829  Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) on October - 16.  

1830  On this day in history ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography  

1832  On this day in history george Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

1834  On this day in history london parliament catches fire; historic documents burn  

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1837  On this day in history john Francis Barnett, composer  

1841  On October - 16 queens University in Kingston is chartered  

1843  On this day in history sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.  

1846  On this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether  

1846  On this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether  

1847  On October - 16 charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published  

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1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)  

1430  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)  

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.  

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.  

1605  On October - 16 birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer  

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)  

1679  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer  

1708  On October - 16 birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)  

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.  

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on October - 16.  

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on this day in history.  

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.  

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies  

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81  

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.  

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.