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

1311  On this day in history council of Vienne opens   

1311  On October - 16 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  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  On this day in history louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

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

1502  On October - 16 storm ravages Friese coast   

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

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

1555  On this day in history an English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy   

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

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

1591  On October - 16 gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56   

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

1600  On this day in history olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines   

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 this day in history.   

1674  Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz on this day in history.   

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 this day in history samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

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

1483  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

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

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

1553  On October - 16 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  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.