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  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1311  Council of Vienne opens on October - 16.   

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  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 this day in history 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  English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested on October - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1555  Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.   

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 October - 16 william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1600  On October - 16 olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines   

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

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on October - 16.   

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

1674  On this day in history emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz   

1679  On October - 16 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

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

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

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

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

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1729  Pierre van Maldere, composer on October - 16.   

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on October - 16.   

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on this day in history.   

1758  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) on this day in history.   

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1396  On this day in history 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 October - 16 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 October - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1355  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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