Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on October - 16.   

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on October - 16.   

1775  Portland, Maine burned by British on October - 16.   

1780  On this day in history royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War.   

1781  George Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.   

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.   

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

1793  On this day in history the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris   

1793  Battle of Wattignies on October - 16.   

1793  Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on October - 16.   

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

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  Gaetano Capocci, composer on this day in history.   

1813  Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia) on this day in history.   

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

1815  On October - 16 napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic   

1816  William Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies   

1821  On this day in history albert Franz Doppler, composer   

1825  Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on October - 16.   

1826  On October - 16 piotr Studzinski, composer   

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

1829  On October - 16 tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston)   

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

1832  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

1837  On October - 16 john Francis Barnett, composer   

1841  On this day in history queens University in Kingston is chartered   

1843  On this day in history sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.   

1846  Dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether on October - 16.   

1846  Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether on October - 16.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

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

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 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