Historical Events In November - 16

1856  Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens on November - 16.  

1859  On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow  

1860  On this day in history edmund Schuecker, composer  

1861  On this day in history vaclav Suk, composer  

1862  Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer (the "Terror") on November - 16.  

1863  Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities on this day in history.  

1864  General William T. Sherman and his Union army troops begin their March to the Sea during the American Civil War on November - 16.  

1864  On November - 16 confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia  

1870  On November - 16 spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I  

1870  Alfred Hill, composer on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August)/wife of Henri Dons  

1875  On November - 16 battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians  

1880  On this day in history alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28]  

1882  On this day in history british HMS Flirt fire at & destroy Abari village in Niger  

1883  On this day in history eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/composer (In Tempore Belli)  

1885  Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason on this day in history.  

1885  Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41 on November - 16.  

1887  On November - 16 philip Frohman, US architect  

1888  On November - 16 burnet Corwin Tuthill, NYC, composer (Laurentia)  

1889  On this day in history august Croegaert, Flemish liturgist  

1890  On November - 16 aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer  

1890  Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71 on November - 16.  

1893  On this day in history cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist  

1893  On November - 16 george Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87  

1894  6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan on this day in history.  

1894  Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician on this day in history.  

1895  Samuel F. Smith, composer of America, dies on November - 16.  

1895  On November - 16 eduard Bagritsky, [Dzhubin], Russ poet/journalist (South-West)  

1896  On November - 16 lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50)  

1897  Halliwell Hobbes, Stratford-on-Avon Engld, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) on this day in history.  

1899  Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC) on November - 16.  

1901  On this day in history 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds  

1902  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist on November - 16.  

1903  On this day in history v Herbert & H Smith' musical "Babette," premieres in NYC  

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1436  On this day in history birth of leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521)  

1569  On this day in history birth of paul Sartorius, composer  

1587  On November - 16 birth of joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha)  

1603  On November - 16 birth of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)  

1609  On this day in history birth of henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)  

1615  Guillaume Dumanoir, composer was born on November - 16.  

1642  On November - 16 birth of cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt admiral of Zeeland  

1643  On this day in history birth of jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)  

1271  On this day in history henry III, king of England (1216-71, Provisions of Oxford), dies  

1328  On this day in history death of prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)  

1512  Death of Gerbrand Mockema, Fries rebel, beheaded on November - 16.  

1548  On November - 16 caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44  

1603  On this day in history pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies  

1613  Death of Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556) on November - 16.  

1628  On this day in history death of paolo Quagliati, Italian composer  

1667  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.