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  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 October - 16 washington takes Yorktown   

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

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  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  On October - 16 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

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 October - 16 juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

1815  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic   

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  On October - 16 albert Franz Doppler, composer   

1825  On October - 16 thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1826  Piotr Studzinski, composer on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston   

1829  Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) on October - 16.   

1830  On this day in history ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography   

1832  On October - 16 george Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1834  London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn on October - 16.   

1836  On this day in history friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33   

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 October - 16.   

1846  On October - 16 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  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on October - 16.   

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on October - 16.   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 16.   

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  On October - 16 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