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  Portland, Maine burned by British on October - 16.   

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

1781  On October - 16 george Washington takes Yorktown   

1781  On October - 16 washington takes Yorktown   

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  On this day in history marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France   

1795  M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres on this day in history.   

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  Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia) on October - 16.   

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic on October - 16.   

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

1817  On October - 16 manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies   

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 October - 16.   

1829  Tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On October - 16 john Francis Barnett, composer   

1841  Queens University in Kingston is chartered on October - 16.   

1843  Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers on October - 16.   

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

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

1847  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on October - 16.   

1483  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

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