Today in History
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Oct 16, 456 |
Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire. |
Oct 16, 1311 |
Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens |
Oct 16, 1384 |
Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although a woman. |
Oct 16, 1492 |
Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) |
Oct 16, 1502 |
Storm ravages Friese coast |
Oct 16, 1551 |
English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested |
Oct 16, 1600 |
Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines |
Oct 16, 1674 |
Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz |
Oct 16, 1710 |
British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia |
Oct 16, 1757 |
Austrian troops occupy Berlin |
Oct 16, 1775 |
Portland, Maine burned by British |
Oct 16, 1780 |
Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War. |
Oct 16, 1781 |
Washington takes Yorktown |
Oct 16, 1793 |
Battle of Wattignies. |
Oct 16, 1795 |
M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres |
Oct 16, 1813 |
Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria & Russia |
Oct 16, 1829 |
Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) |
Oct 16, 1834 |
Much of the ancient structures of the Palace of Westminster (parliament) in London is burnt down. |
Oct 16, 1841 |
Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is chartered |
Oct 16, 1843 |
Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers. |
Oct 16, 1846 |
Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether |
Oct 16, 1847 |
Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published |
Oct 16, 1848 |
1st US homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania |
Oct 16, 1849 |
Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
Oct 16, 1849 |
British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras |
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