Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  On October - 16 frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer   

1774  On October - 16 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

1775  Portland, Maine burned by British on this day in history.   

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

1781  On this day in history george Washington takes Yorktown   

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.   

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on this day in history.   

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

1793  Battle of Wattignies on October - 16.   

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

1795  On October - 16 m von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres   

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

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

1811  On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer   

1813  Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia) on October - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1826  Piotr Studzinski, composer on this day in history.   

1829  Tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston on this day in history.   

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

1830  Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography on October - 16.   

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

1834  On this day in history london parliament catches fire; historic documents burn   

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

1837  On October - 16 john Francis Barnett, composer   

1841  On October - 16 queens University in Kingston is chartered   

1843  Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers on this day in history.   

1846  On October - 16 dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether   

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

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

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

1663  On October - 16 birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

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

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

1570  On October - 16 death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered