Page 2: Historical Events In November - 16
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1762 On November - 16 petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess
1763 On November - 16 english journalist John Wilkes injured at duel
1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac on this day in history.
1766 On November - 16 rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv)
1766 On this day in history dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81
1771 West Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname on November - 16.
1773 On November - 16 john Hawkesworth, English writer
1775 On November - 16 marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28
1776 On November - 16 hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan
1776 On November - 16 1st gun salute
1780 On November - 16 robert Archibald Smith, composer
1793 On this day in history francis Danby, Irish painter
1797 On this day in history frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53
1798 On this day in history kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress
1798 Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress on November - 16.
1801 The New York Post newspaper is founded on November - 16.
1801 On this day in history 1st edition of New York Evening Post
1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French on this day in history.
1807 On this day in history francois Hainl, composer
1808 On this day in history mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
1810 Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer on November - 16.
1822 Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on November - 16.
1824 NY City's Fifth Avenue opens for business on November - 16.
1827 James Southerton, cricketer (Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49) on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS]
1831 On this day in history karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51
1835 On November - 16 charles Darwins voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society
1835 Elliott Warren Rice, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 on November - 16.
1835 On November - 16 louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1840 On November - 16 frederick Scotson Clark, composer
1841 On this day in history n.E. Guerin of NY patents cork-filled life preserver
1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC) on this day in history.
1849 On November - 16 a Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1854 Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician on this day in history.
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