Page 2: Historical Events In November - 16
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1762 On this day in history 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 On November - 16 west Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname
1773 On November - 16 john Hawkesworth, English writer
1775 On November - 16 marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28
1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan on this day in history.
1776 1st gun salute on November - 16.
1780 Robert Archibald Smith, composer on this day in history.
1793 Francis Danby, Irish painter on November - 16.
1797 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 on November - 16.
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 this day in history.
1801 On this day in history the New York Post newspaper is founded.
1801 On this day in history 1st edition of New York Evening Post
1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French on November - 16.
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 On November - 16 friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer
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 November - 16 anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS]
1831 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1835 Charles Darwins voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society on November - 16.
1835 On November - 16 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 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer on this day in history.
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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