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  On October - 16 council of Vienne opens   

1311  Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens on October - 16.   

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

1333  On this day in history nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

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

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1492  Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) on October - 16.   

1502  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

1555  An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy on October - 16.   

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 this day in history william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1600  Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines on this day in history.   

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

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

1649  Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on this day in history.   

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

1679  On this day in history jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1688  On October - 16 philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68   

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on October - 16.   

1694  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) on this day in history.   

1710  British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia on October - 16.   

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

1726  On this day in history giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77   

1729  On this day in history pierre van Maldere, composer   

1750  On October - 16 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.   

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1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

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

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

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

1679  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on October - 16.   

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on October - 16.   

1333  On this day in history 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  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

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

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