Historical Events In October - 16

0456  Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire on this day in history.   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.   

1311  Council of Vienne opens on this day in history.   

1311  Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens on October - 16.   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on October - 16.   

1355  On October - 16 louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

1492  On October - 16 columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)   

1502  Storm ravages Friese coast on this day in history.   

1551  English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested on this day in history.   

1553  On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy on this day in history.   

1555  Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.   

1570  On this day in history baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered   

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on October - 16.   

1594  On this day in history william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1600  Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines on October - 16.   

1605  On October - 16 charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1621  On October - 16 jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59   

1649  Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on October - 16.   

1674  Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz on October - 16.   

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

1688  On October - 16 philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68   

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on October - 16.   

1694  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on October - 16.   

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

1710  British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia on October - 16.   

1723  On October - 16 johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer   

1726  On this day in history giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77   

1729  On October - 16 pierre van Maldere, composer   

1750  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on this day in history.   

1758  On October - 16 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)   

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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  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

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

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 October - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

0775  On this day in history mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on this day in history.   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.   

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 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