Page 2: Historical Events In November - 16
Monday, 05 May 2025
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 November - 16 dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81
1771 On November - 16 west Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname
1773 On November - 16 john Hawkesworth, English writer
1775 Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.
1776 On November - 16 hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan
1776 1st gun salute on November - 16.
1780 Robert Archibald Smith, composer on November - 16.
1793 On November - 16 francis Danby, Irish painter
1797 On November - 16 frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53
1798 Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress on November - 16.
1798 Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress on November - 16.
1801 On November - 16 the New York Post newspaper is founded.
1801 On November - 16 1st edition of New York Evening Post
1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French on this day in history.
1807 Francois Hainl, composer on this day in history.
1808 On November - 16 mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
1810 On November - 16 friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer
1822 On this day in history charles Smith Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
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 November - 16.
1829 Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS] on November - 16.
1831 On this day in history karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51
1835 Charles Darwins voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society on November - 16.
1835 On this day in history elliott Warren Rice, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1835 On this day in history louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1840 On this day in history 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 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 on November - 16.
1854 Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician on this day in history.
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