Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.   

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

1775  Portland, Maine burned by British on October - 16.   

1780  Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War on this day in history.   

1781  George Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.   

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.   

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on October - 16.   

1793  On this day in history the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris   

1793  Battle of Wattignies on October - 16.   

1793  Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history m von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres   

1799  On October - 16 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

1806  William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869 on this day in history.   

1811  On October - 16 gaetano Capocci, composer   

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

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

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic on October - 16.   

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 October - 16.   

1825  On October - 16 thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1826  On this day in history piotr Studzinski, composer   

1829  On October - 16 tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston   

1829  On this day in history tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston)   

1830  On this day in history ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography   

1832  On this day in history george Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on October - 16.   

1837  On this day in history 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  Dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether on October - 16.   

1846  Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether on October - 16.   

1847  Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published on October - 16.   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on October - 16.   

1708  On October - 16 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 October - 16.   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on October - 16.   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

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.