Historical Events In October - 16
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0456 Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire on this day in history.
0775 On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies
1311 On October - 16 council of Vienne opens
1311 Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens on this day in history.
1323 Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1333 On this day in history nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies
1355 On this day in history louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death
1473 On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies
1492 On October - 16 columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
1502 On October - 16 storm ravages Friese coast
1551 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested on October - 16.
1553 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1555 An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy on October - 16.
1555 On October - 16 hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80
1570 Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on October - 16.
1591 On this day in history gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56
1594 On October - 16 william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62
1600 Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer
1621 On October - 16 jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59
1649 Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on this day in history.
1674 On October - 16 emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz
1679 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer on October - 16.
1688 On this day in history philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68
1690 On October - 16 margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43
1694 On this day in history samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62
1708 Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) on this day in history.
1710 On this day in history british troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
1723 On October - 16 johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer
1726 Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on October - 16.
1729 Pierre van Maldere, composer on October - 16.
1750 On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64
1757 On October - 16 austrian troops occupy Berlin
1758 Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) on this day in history.