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

1311  On this day in history council of Vienne opens   

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

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

1333  On this day in history nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history storm ravages Friese coast   

1551  On October - 16 english Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested   

1553  On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy on this day in history.   

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

1570  Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on October - 16.   

1591  On this day in history gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56   

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines   

1605  On October - 16 charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on this day in history.   

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

1674  Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz on this day in history.   

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

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

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on October - 16.   

1694  On this day in history samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

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

1710  On October - 16 british troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia   

1723  Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer on October - 16.   

1726  On this day in history giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77   

1729  On October - 16 pierre van Maldere, composer   

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on this day in history.   

1758  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) 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 October - 16.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

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  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

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

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

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

1333  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

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

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

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.