Historical Events In October - 16
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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.