Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

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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1396  On this day in history 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  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

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

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  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on October - 16.   

1333  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

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

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

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

1555  On this day in history death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

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