Historical Events In October - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1765 Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.
1774 On October - 16 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies
1775 On this day in history portland, Maine burned by British
1780 Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War on October - 16.
1781 On October - 16 george Washington takes Yorktown
1781 Washington takes Yorktown on this day in history.
1791 Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on this day in history.
1793 On October - 16 the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris
1793 On October - 16 battle of Wattignies.
1793 Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on October - 16.
1795 On this day in history m von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres
1799 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1806 On October - 16 william Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869
1811 Gaetano Capocci, composer on this day in history.
1813 On this day in history battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)
1814 On this day in history juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34
1815 On this day in history 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 On October - 16 manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
1821 On this day in history albert Franz Doppler, composer
1825 Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on this day in history.
1826 Piotr Studzinski, composer on this day in history.
1829 On October - 16 tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston
1829 On October - 16 tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston)
1830 On this day in history ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography
1832 George Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on October - 16.
1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn on this day in history.
1836 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.
1837 John Francis Barnett, composer on October - 16.
1841 Queens University in Kingston is chartered on October - 16.
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 Dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether on this day in history.
1846 On October - 16 dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether
1847 On October - 16 charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published
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