Historical Events In October - 16

0456  On October - 16 magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire.   

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

1311  On October - 16 council of Vienne opens   

1311  On this day in history council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

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

1355  Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

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

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

1502  Storm ravages Friese coast on October - 16.   

1551  On this day in history english Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

1555  An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy on October - 16.   

1555  On this day in history hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on October - 16.   

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

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

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on this day in history.   

1649  Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on this day in history.   

1674  On October - 16 emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz   

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

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

1690  On October - 16 margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

1694  On October - 16 samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

1708  On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

1710  British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia on this day in history.   

1723  Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer on this day in history.   

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

1729  On October - 16 pierre van Maldere, composer   

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1757  On this day in history austrian troops occupy Berlin   

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

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1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

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

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

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

1555  On this day in history death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.