November 16th, 1849
A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. event on November 16, 1849. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around November 16, 1849
| November 17th, 1849 | Death | Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, German priest and miracle-worker (born in 1794) |
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