October 16th in History

1555: An English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy
1793: The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic
1984: Bishop Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel peace prize

October 16th birthdays

1854: Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright
1888: Eugene O'Neill, American playwright and Nobel prize winner for literature