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  Council of Vienne opens on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history storm ravages Friese coast   

1551  On October - 16 english Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested   

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

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

1555  Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.   

1570  On October - 16 baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered   

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 this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines   

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  Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz on October - 16.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer on October - 16.   

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  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 October - 16 british troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia   

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

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1729  On this day in history pierre van Maldere, composer   

1750  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

1757  On October - 16 austrian troops occupy Berlin   

1758  On October - 16 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)   

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

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  On this day in history birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

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

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

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

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.   

1473  On October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

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

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 October - 16.