Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer   

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.   

1775  On October - 16 portland, Maine burned by British   

1780  On October - 16 royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War.   

1781  On this day in history george Washington takes Yorktown   

1781  On this day in history washington takes Yorktown   

1791  On October - 16 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

1793  On October - 16 the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris   

1793  On this day in history battle of Wattignies.   

1793  On this day in history marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France   

1795  M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

1806  On October - 16 william Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869   

1811  Gaetano Capocci, composer on October - 16.   

1813  On October - 16 battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)   

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on October - 16.   

1815  On October - 16 napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic   

1816  On this day in history william Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

1817  Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies on October - 16.   

1821  Albert Franz Doppler, composer on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1826  On October - 16 piotr Studzinski, composer   

1829  On this day in history tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston   

1829  On October - 16 tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston)   

1830  On October - 16 ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography   

1832  On October - 16 george Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1834  London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33   

1837  On October - 16 john Francis Barnett, composer   

1841  Queens University in Kingston is chartered on this day in history.   

1843  On October - 16 sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.   

1846  On this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether   

1846  Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether on this day in history.   

1847  Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published 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  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

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

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 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 October - 16 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