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  On this day in history council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens   

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

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

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

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

1492  On this day in history columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)   

1502  On October - 16 storm ravages Friese coast   

1551  On this day in history english Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested   

1553  On October - 16 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  On this day in history hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

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 October - 16.   

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

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

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on October - 16.   

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

1674  Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz on this day in history.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer on October - 16.   

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 October - 16.   

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

1710  British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia on this day in history.   

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  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1757  On this day in history austrian troops occupy Berlin   

1758  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) on this day in history.   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 16 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 October - 16.   

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

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

1355  On this day in history death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

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

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

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on October - 16.