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 October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1311  On October - 16 council of Vienne opens   

1311  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

1355  On this day in history louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1492  Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) on October - 16.   

1502  On October - 16 storm ravages Friese coast   

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

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

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

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on October - 16.   

1594  On October - 16 william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

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

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

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on October - 16.   

1649  On October - 16 isaac van Ostade, painter, buried   

1674  Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz on October - 16.   

1679  On October - 16 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1688  On this day in history philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68   

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1723  On this day in history johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on October - 16.   

1729  On October - 16 pierre van Maldere, composer   

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

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on October - 16.   

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

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1396  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1483  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

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

1708  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.   

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 this day in history death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

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

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

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