Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.   

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.   

1775  Portland, Maine burned by British on this day in history.   

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

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 October - 16.   

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

1793  Battle of Wattignies on this day in history.   

1793  Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on this day in history.   

1795  M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres on October - 16.   

1799  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on October - 16.   

1806  William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869 on October - 16.   

1811  On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer   

1813  On this day in history battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)   

1814  On October - 16 juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

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

1837  John Francis Barnett, composer on October - 16.   

1841  On this day in history 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 this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether   

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

1847  Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published on this day in history.   

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1396  On this day in history birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

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

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0775  On October - 16 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  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1553  On this day in history 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 October - 16 death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered