Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer   

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

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 October - 16 george Washington takes Yorktown   

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

1793  On October - 16 the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris   

1793  Battle of Wattignies on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France   

1795  On this day in history m von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres   

1799  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

1806  On October - 16 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  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  On this day in history thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1826  On October - 16 piotr Studzinski, composer   

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 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 October - 16.   

1834  On October - 16 london parliament catches fire; historic documents burn   

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

1837  John Francis Barnett, composer on October - 16.   

1841  Queens University in Kingston is chartered on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

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

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

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

1679  On this day in history birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1708  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

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 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  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

1555  On October - 16 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