Historical Events In October - 16

1765  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on October - 16.  

1774  On October - 16 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies  

1775  On October - 16 portland, Maine burned by British  

1780  Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War on this day in history.  

1781  On this day in history george Washington takes Yorktown  

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.  

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on this day in history.  

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

1793  On this day in history battle of Wattignies.  

1793  On October - 16 marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France  

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 this day in history william Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869  

1811  On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer  

1813  On October - 16 battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)  

1814  On this day in history juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34  

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

1816  On this day in history william Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887  

1817  Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies on this day in history.  

1821  Albert Franz Doppler, composer on October - 16.  

1825  Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history piotr Studzinski, composer  

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 this day in history 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  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on October - 16.  

1837  John Francis Barnett, composer on October - 16.  

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  Dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether on October - 16.  

1846  Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether on this day in history.  

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  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 October - 16 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  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.  

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.  

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