Historical Events In October - 16

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

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

1311  Council of Vienne opens on this day in history.   

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  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  Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) on October - 16.   

1502  On October - 16 storm ravages Friese coast   

1551  English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested on October - 16.   

1553  On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

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 October - 16.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1649  On this day in history isaac van Ostade, painter, buried   

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

1679  On this day in history jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1688  On this day in history 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  On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

1710  On October - 16 british troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia   

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

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

1729  Pierre van Maldere, composer on October - 16.   

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

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on October - 16.   

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

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

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on October - 16.   

1483  On this day in history 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  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

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

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

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  On October - 16 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  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

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

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