Deaths on June 5

Giovanni Paisiello

Died on June 5, 1816

Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)

Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart, Salieri and Rossini.

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Events on 1816

20 Feb

The Barber of Seville
Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
10 Apr

Second Bank of the United States
The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
22 May

Ely and Littleport riots of 1816
A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, which spreads to Ely the next day.
5 Aug

Electrical telegraph
The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
14 Aug

Cape Colony
The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.

Deaths on June 5

Giovanni Paisiello

Died on June 5, 1816

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Events on 1816

The Barber of Seville

Second Bank of the United States

Ely and Littleport riots of 1816

Electrical telegraph

Cape Colony