Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.   

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.   

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  George Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.   

1781  On October - 16 washington takes Yorktown   

1791  On October - 16 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

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  M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres on October - 16.   

1799  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on October - 16.   

1806  William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869 on October - 16.   

1811  On October - 16 gaetano Capocci, composer   

1813  On this day in history battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia)   

1814  On October - 16 juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic on this day in history.   

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  On October - 16 albert Franz Doppler, composer   

1825  On this day in history 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  Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1830  On October - 16 ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography   

1832  George Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1834  On October - 16 london parliament catches fire; historic documents burn   

1836  On this day in history friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33   

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

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

1847  Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published 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  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  On this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

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  On this day in history birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

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

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

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

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

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

1570  On this day in history death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered