Page 2: Historical Events In November - 16
Friday, 18 July 2025
1762 Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess on November - 16.
1763 English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel on November - 16.
1764 On this day in history native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
1766 Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv) on November - 16.
1766 On this day in history dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81
1771 West Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname on this day in history.
1773 John Hawkesworth, English writer on November - 16.
1775 On November - 16 marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28
1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan on November - 16.
1776 On November - 16 1st gun salute
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 On November - 16 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 this day in history.
1801 On November - 16 1st edition of New York Evening Post
1805 On this day in history battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French
1807 Francois Hainl, composer on this day in history.
1808 Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29 on this day in history.
1810 Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer on this day in history.
1822 On November - 16 charles Smith Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1824 On November - 16 nY City's Fifth Avenue opens for business
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 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history 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 this day in history louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1840 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer on November - 16.
1841 N.E. Guerin of NY patents cork-filled life preserver on November - 16.
1841 On November - 16 life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC)
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 this day in history.
1854 Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician on November - 16.
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