Historical Events In October - 16
Saturday, 30 September 2023
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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