Page 3: Historical Events In November - 16

1856  Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens on this day in history.   

1859  On November - 16 aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow   

1860  On this day in history edmund Schuecker, composer   

1861  On November - 16 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  On November - 16 general William T. Sherman and his Union army troops begin their March to the Sea during the American Civil War.   

1864  On this day in history confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia   

1870  Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I on this day in history.   

1870  Alfred Hill, composer on November - 16.   

1874  Johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August)/wife of Henri Dons on this day in history.   

1875  Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians on November - 16.   

1880  On November - 16 alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28]   

1882  On November - 16 british HMS Flirt fire at & destroy Abari village in Niger   

1883  On November - 16 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 November - 16.   

1885  Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41 on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history philip Frohman, US architect   

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

1889  August Croegaert, Flemish liturgist on November - 16.   

1890  On this day in history aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer   

1890  On this day in history johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71   

1893  Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history george Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87   

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

1894  On November - 16 count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician   

1895  On November - 16 samuel F. Smith, composer of America, dies.   

1895  On this day in history eduard Bagritsky, [Dzhubin], Russ poet/journalist (South-West)   

1896  Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50) on November - 16.   

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

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

1901  On November - 16 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  Leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

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  Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673) was born on November - 16.   

1609  On November - 16 birth of henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)   

1615  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dumanoir, composer   

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 November - 16 henry III, king of England (1216-71, Provisions of Oxford), dies   

1328  On November - 16 death of prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)   

1512  On November - 16 death of gerbrand Mockema, Fries rebel, beheaded   

1548  On this day in history caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44   

1603  On November - 16 pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies   

1613  Death of Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

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

1667  On November - 16 nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer, dies at 34