Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1765 On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer
1774 Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history portland, Maine burned by British
1780 On this day in history royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War.
1781 George Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.
1781 Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.
1791 On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies
1793 The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris on this day in history.
1793 Battle of Wattignies on this day in history.
1793 Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history m von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres
1799 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1806 On October - 16 william Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869
1811 On October - 16 gaetano Capocci, composer
1813 On this day in history battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)
1814 Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on October - 16.
1815 On October - 16 napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic
1816 William Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 on October - 16.
1817 Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies on October - 16.
1821 Albert Franz Doppler, composer on this day in history.
1825 Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on October - 16.
1826 Piotr Studzinski, composer on this day in history.
1829 Tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston)
1830 On October - 16 ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography
1832 George Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1834 On October - 16 london parliament catches fire; historic documents burn
1836 On October - 16 friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33
1837 On this day in history john Francis Barnett, composer
1841 On October - 16 queens University in Kingston is chartered
1843 On October - 16 sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.
1846 On this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether
1846 On this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether
1847 Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published on October - 16.
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