Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  On October - 16 frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer   

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

1775  On this day in history portland, Maine burned by British   

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

1781  On October - 16 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  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 October - 16.   

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  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1811  Gaetano Capocci, composer on October - 16.   

1813  Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia) on October - 16.   

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 October - 16.   

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  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  Piotr Studzinski, composer on this day in history.   

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  George Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on October - 16.   

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 October - 16.   

1841  Queens University in Kingston is chartered on October - 16.   

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  On October - 16 dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether   

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

1847  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

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

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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