Historical Events In October - 16

0456  Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire on this day in history.   

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

1311  On this day in history council of Vienne opens   

1311  Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens on this day in history.   

1323  On October - 16 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  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 this day in history columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)   

1502  Storm ravages Friese coast on this day in history.   

1551  English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested on October - 16.   

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

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 October - 16.   

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

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

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

1600  On October - 16 olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines   

1605  On this day in history charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

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

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

1674  On October - 16 emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz   

1679  On October - 16 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1688  On October - 16 philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68   

1690  On this day in history margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

1694  On October - 16 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  On this day in history johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer   

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

1729  On this day in history pierre van Maldere, composer   

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

1757  Austrian troops occupy Berlin on this day in history.   

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  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

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

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  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 October - 16.   

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

0775  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.   

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