Historical Events In November - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1762 On November - 16 petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess
1763 On this day in history english journalist John Wilkes injured at duel
1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac on November - 16.
1766 Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv) on this day in history.
1766 Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81 on November - 16.
1771 West Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname on November - 16.
1773 John Hawkesworth, English writer on November - 16.
1775 Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.
1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington, Manhattan on this day in history.
1776 1st gun salute on this day in history.
1780 On November - 16 robert Archibald Smith, composer
1793 On this day in history francis Danby, Irish painter
1797 On November - 16 frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53
1798 Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress on this day in history.
1798 Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress on November - 16.
1801 The New York Post newspaper is founded on November - 16.
1801 On this day in history 1st edition of New York Evening Post
1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French on November - 16.
1807 Francois Hainl, composer on November - 16.
1808 On November - 16 mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
1810 On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer
1822 Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on November - 16.
1824 NY City's Fifth Avenue opens for business on November - 16.
1827 On November - 16 james Southerton, cricketer (Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49)
1829 On this day in history anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS]
1831 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1835 Charles Darwins voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society on November - 16.
1835 On this day in history elliott Warren Rice, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1835 On this day in history louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1840 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer on November - 16.
1841 N.E. Guerin of NY patents cork-filled life preserver on this day in history.
1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC) on this day in history.
1849 A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor on November - 16.
1854 On November - 16 jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician
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