Historical Events In October - 16
Saturday, 13 December 2025
0456 On October - 16 magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire. 

0775 On this day in history mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies 

1311 Council of Vienne opens on this day in history. 

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

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

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 this day in history. 

1553 On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 

1555 On October - 16 an English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy 

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 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 this day in history. 

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

1621 On October - 16 jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 

1649 On this day in history isaac van Ostade, painter, buried 

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

1679 On October - 16 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 October - 16. 

1708 On October - 16 albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) 

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

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

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

1729 Pierre van Maldere, composer on October - 16. 

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 this day in history noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) 

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