What Happened in October 1816

Historical Events

Oct 7 1st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans

Wicked or Sinless? The Life of Lucrezia Borgia

Oct 15 Lord Byron views the love letters of Lucrezia Borgia and poet Pietro Bembo in Milan and declares them "the prettiest love letters in the world"

Lucrezia Borgia, as depicted in a contemporary painting

Oct 21 The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia.

Events in 1816

Famous Birthdays

Oct 4 Egbert Benson Brown, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Brownsville, New York (d. 1902)
Oct 6 William Batchelder Bradbury, American composer, born in York, Maine (d. 1868)
Oct 15 Amiel Weeks Whipple, American Major General (Union Army), born in Greenwich, Massachusetts (d. 1863)
Oct 16 William Preston, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1887)
Oct 29 Ferdinand II, German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and King of Portugal (1837-53), born in Palais Coburg, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1885)

Born in 1816