Page 2: Historical Events In October - 16

1765  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer on October - 16.   

1774  On October - 16 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

1775  On October - 16 portland, Maine burned by British   

1780  Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history george Washington takes Yorktown   

1781  Washington takes Yorktown on October - 16.   

1791  On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

1793  The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris on this day in history.   

1793  On October - 16 battle of Wattignies.   

1793  Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on October - 16.   

1795  On October - 16 m von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres   

1799  On October - 16 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

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

1811  On October - 16 gaetano Capocci, composer   

1813  Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria & Russia) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

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 October - 16 manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies   

1821  Albert Franz Doppler, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens in Boston   

1829  Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1830  Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography on October - 16.   

1832  George Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on October - 16.   

1834  On this day in history london parliament catches fire; historic documents burn   

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on October - 16.   

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

1846  Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether on October - 16.   

1847  On this day in history charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

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

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.   

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on this day in history.   

1355  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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 October - 16 death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered