Historical Events In October - 16

0456  Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire on October - 16.   

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

1311  Council of Vienne opens on October - 16.   

1311  On October - 16 council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens   

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 this day in history.   

1355  On October - 16 louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  On October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1492  On October - 16 columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)   

1502  Storm ravages Friese coast on October - 16.   

1551  On this day in history english Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

1555  On October - 16 an English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy   

1555  Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1600  Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines on this day in history.   

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

1621  On October - 16 jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59   

1649  Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer on October - 16.   

1688  Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68 on this day in history.   

1690  On October - 16 margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

1694  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on October - 16.   

1708  On October - 16 albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

1710  British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia on October - 16.   

1723  On October - 16 johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer   

1726  On October - 16 giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77   

1729  Pierre van Maldere, composer on October - 16.   

1750  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on October - 16.   

1758  On this day in history noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)   

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1396  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

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 October - 16.   

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

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on October - 16.   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

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 this day in history.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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

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