Historical Events In October - 16

0456  On October - 16 magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire.   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.   

1311  Council of Vienne opens on this day in history.   

1311  Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens on this day in history.   

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on October - 16.   

1355  On this day in history louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1492  On this day in history columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)   

1502  Storm ravages Friese coast on October - 16.   

1551  English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  On October - 16 an English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy   

1555  On this day in history hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.   

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on October - 16.   

1594  On October - 16 william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1600  Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines on October - 16.   

1605  On October - 16 charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1621  On this day in history jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59   

1649  On this day in history isaac van Ostade, painter, buried   

1674  On this day in history emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz   

1679  On October - 16 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1688  Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68 on October - 16.   

1690  On October - 16 margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

1694  On October - 16 samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

1708  On October - 16 albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

1710  British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on October - 16.   

1729  On this day in history pierre van Maldere, composer   

1750  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

1757  On this day in history austrian troops occupy Berlin   

1758  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) on October - 16.   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on October - 16.   

1708  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.   

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.   

1570  On October - 16 death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered