405 Historic Events for October 16
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| 775 |
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Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies
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| 1311 |
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Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens
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| 1323 |
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Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74
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| 1333 |
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Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies
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| 1473 |
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Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies
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| 1492 |
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Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
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| 1502 |
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Storm ravages Friese coast
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| 1551 |
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English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested
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| 1553 |
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Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
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| 1555 |
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Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80
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| 1555 |
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Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned
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| 1570 |
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Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered
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| 1591 |
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Gregory XIV, [Niccol• Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56
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| 1594 |
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William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62
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| 1600 |
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Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines
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| 1605 |
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Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer
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| 1621 |
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59
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| 1649 |
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Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried
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| 1674 |
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Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz
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| 1679 |
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Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer
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| 1688 |
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Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68
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| 1690 |
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Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43
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| 1694 |
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Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62
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| 1708 |
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Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)
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| 1710 |
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British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
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