- 1793 16 Oct Marie Antionette, Austrian princess and queen consort of Louis XVI of France, is guillotined in Paris.
- 1834 16 Oct The Houses of Parliament burn down during a fire probably started by porters burning used tally sticks.
- 1946 16 Oct The executions of 10 Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials take place.
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