16. October
of the 16. October is the 289. Day of the Gregorian calendar (the 290. in leap years), thus 76 days up to the year end remain.
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of events
contemporary caricature: Leipzig as hard nut for Napoleon
- 1529: Austria the Turkish troops of Sultan Suleiman II., since August 1526 incessant direction the west penetrated and since nearlyone month besieged , step Vienna after several failed attacks the retreat on
- 1775: Haven country in the today's US Federal State Maine is ignited by the British
- 1813: The people battle with Leipzig begins
- 1906: William Voigt, the captain ofKöpenick arrests the Köpenicker mayor Georg long Hans and seizes the city branch
- 1925: Conclusion of the contracts of Locarno between Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia
- 1932: Battle at the north market. With road fights in Dortmund between communists and national socialists die several humans
- 1934: The Chinese communists under guidance of Mao Zedong begin its being enough march
- 1944: The Hungarian realm Weser Miklós Horthy must resign on German pressure; its successor becomes the Pfeilkreuzler Ferenc Szálasi
- 1946:The ten accused of the Nürnberger of processes condemned to death is hung
- 1956: Franz Josef bunch solves Theodor blank as a Secretary of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany starting from
- 1963: Ludwig Erhard (CDU) becomes as successors of Konrad Adenauer the German Federal Chancellor selected
- 1964: The People's Republic of China leads the first atomic bomb test of the country by
- 1970: Anwar as-Sadat is selected to the president of Egypt
- 1973: The OPEC decides to raise the oil price around 70% beginning of the first large oil crisis
- 1974: Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho receive the Nobel peace prize
- 1984: The moon Tutu receives the Nobel peace prize
- 1989: In a Usenet - Posting for the first time Godwins law formulates
- 1991: In Armenia Levon Ter Petrossian is selected to the president
- 1994: Finland. The fairings decide for an entry to the European Union
- 1998: On the Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is red-elect for 5 years
economics
- 2004: Swiss trade unions GBI and SMUV fuse to the large trade union Unia
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science and technology
- 1846: first publicly accomplished, successful Narkose in the surgery by William Thomas Green Morton. Birth of the anaesthesia
- 1970: Official opening of the University of Augsburg
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culture
- 1789: Premierethe opera „Brenno “ of Johann Friedrich Reichardt at the royal opera in Berlin
- 1800: Premiere of the opera „Tamerlan “ of Johann Friedrich Reichardt at the yard opera Berlin
- 1894: Emperor Wilhelm II. opened in Wiesbaden that New yard theatres (today: Hessian national theatre)
- 1982: Elfte WDR skirt palace - night into the Grugahalle meals Disciples OF Soul, Gianna Nannini and Kid Creole and the Coconuts the with Little Steven and
- 2002: Opening „of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina “ in Alexandria, Egypt
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religion
- 1555: The English Protestant bishops Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley become after the accession of Maria I. because of shed they burned on the heap of failure
- 1978: The poles Karol Woityla steps as a Pope Johannes Paul II. the follow-up by Pope Johannes Paul I. at
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sport
- 1987: Mike Tyson wins the world champion title in the heavyweight against Tyrell Biggs in the Convention resounds, Atlantic town center, by technical k. o.
Entriesfrom athlete IC world records are under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik; for events within the range formula 1 see there.
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born
- 1527: Johann Hermann physician
- 1708: Albrecht of Haller, Swiss poets and scholar
- 1745: Maxim Sosontowitsch Beresowski, Russian composer
- 1752: Adolph baron Knigge, German writer
- 1796: Karl Spindler, German fiction writer
- 1797: James Thomas Earl OF Cardigan, British general
- 1815: Francis R. Lubbock, 9. Governor ofTexas
- 1816: Antoine Béchamp, French physician, biologist and Pharmakologe
- 1821: Franz Doppler, Hungarian composer
- 1827: Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter
- 1831: Karl Blasel, Austrian actor and theatre manager
- 1847: Maria Pia von Savoyen, Princess of Italy and queen of Portugal
- 1849: Arnold jug, German composer
- 1854: OSCAR savage, Irish writer
- 1863: Sir Austen Chamberlain, British politician
- 1868: Franz knight of Epp, Bavarian politician
- 1874: Otto Mueller, German painter
- 1878: Maxey Long, US-American athlete and olympia winner
- 1879: Eduard Hamm, German politician at present the Weimar Republic
- 1884: Rem Brandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor
- 1886: David Ben Gurion,first prime minister of Israel
- 1886: Armin T. Wegner, German writer
- 1888: Eugene O'Neill, US-American dramatist
- 1889: Reinhold Maier, German politician, first Prime Minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg
- 1890: Michael Collins, Irish freedom fighter and politician
- 1890: Maria Goretti, Italian holy ones
- 1892: Andrei Iwanowitsch Jerjomenko, marshal of the Soviet Union and military theoretician
- 1896: Célestin Freinet, French reform paedagogue
- 1900: Primo Conti, Italian artist
- 1903: Bend Joe Williams, US-American musician
- 1905: Ernst Kuzorra, German football player
- 1906: Dino Buzzati, Italian writer and journalist
- 1908: Enver Hoxha, Albanian politician
- 1912: Lotti Huber, German actress
- 1913: Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer
- 1920: Elizabeth Mueller Luckmann,German Psychologin
- 1923: Bert fighting ore, German composer
- 1925: Angela Lansbury, British actress
- 1927: Günter Grass, German writer
- 1928: Ann Guilbert, US-American actress
- 1929: Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
- 1931: Hans Friderichs, German Federal Minister
- 1932: Guðbergur Bergsson, Icelandic writer
- 1932: Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, German manager and politician, boss of the trust establishment
- 1936: Gerardo Gandini, Argentine composer
- 1937: Emile Ford, British singer
- 1938: Christa Päffgen („Nico “), German-American singer
- 1939: Gerold Späth, Swiss author
- 1942: Dave Lovelady, British musician
- 1943: Fred Turner, Canadian musician and singer
- 1947: Bob Weir, US-American musician and singer (Grateful Death)
- 1954: Corinna Harfouch, German actress
- 1954: Danny McIntosh junior, British musician
- 1954: Tim Berne, US-American old saxophonist
- 1957: Sabine John, German light athlete and Olympiateilnehmerin
- 1958: Mike Muuss, author of the network program Ping
- 1958: Tim crawl in, US-American actors
- 1959: Gary Kemp, British musician and Songschreiber (Spandau clench)
- 1960: Petra Pfaff, German light athlete
- 1961: Genes Jackson, US-American jazz musician
- 1966: Stefan Reuter, German football player
- 1970: Mehmet Scholl, German football player
- 1971: DAIM (Mirko Reisser), Graffitikünstler
- 1974: Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977: Björn Otto, German athlete
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died
- 620 or 640: Pc. Gallus, Irish holy, foundersof pc. Gallen
- 786: Lullus of Mainz, catholic holy, first archbishop of Mainz
- 1221: Friedrich II. of Brehna and Wettin, count
- 1333: Nikolaus V., Gegenpapst in Avignon
- 1346: Luitgard of Wittichen, GermanMonastery foundress and Mystikerin
- 1523: Luca Signorelli, Italian painter
- 1541: Johann Baptiste of taxis, German general post office master Lucas Cranach the older one
- 1553: Lucas Cranach the older one, German painter
- 1555: Hugh Latimer, English theologian andReformator
- 1591: Gregor XIV., Pope from 1590 to 1591
- 1621: January Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Netherlands organist and composer
- 1628: François de mark-harsh, French poet and literature theoretician
- 1649: Isaac van Ostade, Netherlands painter
- 1677: Francis Glisson, English physician
- 1680: Raimund of Montecuccoli, duke of Melfi
- 1734: Andreas's silver man, German organ farmer
- 1736: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer
- 1738: George Bähr, German building master
- 1748: FranzJoachim Beich, German painter
- 1755: Gerhard Majella, catholic holy, layman brother and Mystiker
- 1791: Grigori Potjomkin, Russian field marshal
- 1793: Marie Antoinette, French queen (executed)
- 1796: Viktor Amadeus III. of Savoyen
- 1804: HenrikGabriel Porthan, Finnish historical researcher
- 1833: Andrej Bollotow, Russian natural scientist and Agronom
- 1879: Sergej Solowjow, Russian historian
- 1898: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, English draughtsman, Illustrator and writer
- 1914: Albert Gobat, Swiss politician
- 1914: John Murray, British Ozeanograph
- 1917: Walter Flex, German poet
- 1919: Jakow Swerdlow, Russian worker leader and politician
- 1920: Cäsar Flaischlen, German poet and dialect poet
- 1920: Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer
- 1923: Alexander Lodygin, Russian electrical physicist
- 1925: Christian Krohg, Norwegian painter
- 1937: Alois Grienauer, Austrian singer (Bariton)
- 1941: Arthur Kronfeld dt. - jüd. Psychiatrist (in accordance with one. Suizid with woman in soot. Exile)
- 1944: Rufino Blanco Fombona, more venezolanischerWriter and politician
- 1946: according to the judgements in the Nürnberger processes executed:
- Hans's franc, German lawyer and LV functionary
- William Frick, German lawyer and LV politician
- Alfred Jodl, German officer
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS-officer
- William Keitel,German armed forces officer
- Joachim of Ribbentrop, German politician, LV minister of foreign affairs
- Alfred rose mountain, estnischer LV politician
- Fritz Sauckel, German LV politician, plenipotentiary for the work input
- Arthur Seyss Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader
- Julius strike ago, German LV propagandist, publisher of the weekly paper „the Stürmer “
- 1957: Ralph Benatzky, Austrian composer
- 1959: George Catlett marshal, US-American general and politician (the Nobel peace prize 1953)
- 1967: Friedrich Gogarten, German theologian
- 1973: Genes Krupa, US-American jazz Schlagzeuger
- 1975: Hugh Adcock, British football player
- 1981: Mo Dajan, Israeli general
- 1982: Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer
- 1982: Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (tenor)
- 1983: Willy Ritschard, Swiss politician
- 1986: Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian Violinist
- 1987: Joseph Höffner,Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne
- 1989: Cornel savage, US-American actor
- 1990: Kind Blakey, US-American jazz Schlagzeuger
- 1996: Eric mark passport, British writer
- 1997: James A. Michener, US-American writer
- 1993: Paolo Bortoluzzi, ItalianDancer and Choreograph
- 2003: Laszlo stick, Hungarian Boxer
- 2003: Vera Oeri Hoffmann, Swiss Unternehmerin
- 2004: By Højholt, Danish writer
- 2004: Pierre Salinger, press speaker of the US president John F. Kennedy
- 2004: Mario Santi,Swiss sport moderator
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celebration and anniversaries
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