Historical Events In October - 16

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

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

1311  On this day in history council of Vienne opens   

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

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

1333  On October - 16 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 October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

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

1502  Storm ravages Friese coast on this day in history.   

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  On October - 16 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 on this day in history.   

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

1591  On October - 16 gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56   

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 on October - 16.   

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

1605  On October - 16 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  On October - 16 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1688  Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68 on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

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

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

1710  On this day in history british troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia   

1723  Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer on this day in history.   

1726  On October - 16 giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77   

1729  On October - 16 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  On October - 16 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

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

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

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1355  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

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

1555  On October - 16 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.