Historical Events In October - 16

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

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

1311  On this day in history council of Vienne opens   

1311  Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens on this day in history.   

1323  On October - 16 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  On October - 16 louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  On October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1492  Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history storm ravages Friese coast   

1551  On October - 16 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  On October - 16 baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered   

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

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 on October - 16.   

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

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

1621  On this day in history jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59   

1649  On October - 16 isaac van Ostade, painter, buried   

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

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer on October - 16.   

1688  Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68 on this day in history.   

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1723  On October - 16 johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on October - 16.   

1729  On October - 16 pierre van Maldere, composer   

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

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on October - 16.   

1758  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) on October - 16.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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 this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

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

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

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

1323  On October - 16 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  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

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

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

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