Historical Events In October - 16

1765  On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer   

1774  On this day in history robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

1775  Portland, Maine burned by British on October - 16.   

1780  Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War on October - 16.   

1781  On this day in history george Washington takes Yorktown   

1781  On this day in history washington takes Yorktown   

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on October - 16.   

1793  On this day in history the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris   

1793  On this day in history battle of Wattignies.   

1793  Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on October - 16.   

1795  M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres on October - 16.   

1799  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1806  William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869 on October - 16.   

1811  On October - 16 gaetano Capocci, composer   

1813  Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia) on this day in history.   

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on October - 16.   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic on this day in history.   

1816  William Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies   

1821  On October - 16 albert Franz Doppler, composer   

1825  Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on October - 16.   

1826  On this day in history piotr Studzinski, composer   

1829  Tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston on October - 16.   

1829  Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1830  Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography on October - 16.   

1832  On this day in history george Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1834  London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn on this day in history.   

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1837  John Francis Barnett, composer on this day in history.   

1841  On October - 16 queens University in Kingston is chartered   

1843  Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether   

1846  On October - 16 dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether   

1847  On October - 16 charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published   

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

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

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

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On October - 16 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 October - 16.   

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

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 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1570  On this day in history death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered