Historical Events In October - 16

0456  Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and is recorded as becoming master of the western Roman Empire   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies.   

1311  Council of Vienne opens.   

1311  Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74.   

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

1355  Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies.   

1492  Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas).   

1502  Storm ravages Friese coast.   

1551  English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy.   

1555  Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80.   

1570  Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered.   

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56   

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62.   

1600  Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59   

1649  Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried   

1674  Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer.   

1688  Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68   

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43.   

1694  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science).   

1710  British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia.   

1723  Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77.   

1729  Pierre van Maldere, composer   

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin   

1758  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary).   

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1396  On this day in history birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  On October - 16 birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

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

1570  On this day in history death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered