Historical Events In October - 16

1765  On October - 16 frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer   

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

1775  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.   

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on October - 16.   

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  On this day in history marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France   

1795  On October - 16 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 October - 16.   

1813  Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia) on October - 16.   

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1815  On October - 16 napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic   

1816  William Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 on October - 16.   

1817  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

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  On October - 16 george Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1834  London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn on this day in history.   

1836  On October - 16 friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33   

1837  On October - 16 john Francis Barnett, composer   

1841  Queens University in Kingston is chartered on this day in history.   

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  Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether on this day in history.   

1847  On October - 16 charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published   

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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  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 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 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 this day in history 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  On October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

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

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