Historical Events In October - 16

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

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

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  George Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.   

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.   

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1799  On October - 16 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

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

1811  Gaetano Capocci, composer on October - 16.   

1813  On October - 16 battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)   

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic   

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  Tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston on October - 16.   

1829  Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1830  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

1837  On October - 16 john Francis Barnett, composer   

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

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  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 October - 16.   

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1396  On October - 16 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  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

1605  On October - 16 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 October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1708  On October - 16 birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

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  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  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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