Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.   

1379  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on this day in history.   

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on December - 16.   

1470  On December - 16 death of john II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)   

1598  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on December - 16.   

1670  On this day in history dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies   

1672  On this day in history john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63   

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on December - 16.   

1687  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on December - 16.   

1719  On December - 16 adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78   

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on December - 16.   

1765  Death of Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on December - 16.   

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1781  On this day in history georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56   

1783  On this day in history johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

1790  On December - 16 ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  On December - 16 death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1833  On December - 16 friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55   

1852  Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 on December - 16.   

1858  On this day in history richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69   

1859  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1861  Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31   

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1874  On December - 16 abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79   

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.   

1622  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.   

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.   

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)