Famous Deaths In January - 16

0308  On January - 16 marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

0429  On this day in history honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.   

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on this day in history.   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on January - 16.   

1547  On January - 16 death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1585  On January - 16 death of edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)   

1595  Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies on this day in history.   

1659  On January - 16 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on January - 16.   

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on January - 16.   

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history death of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)   

1748  On this day in history death of arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)   

1750  On January - 16 death of ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)   

1752  On January - 16 death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)   

1794  On January - 16 edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56   

1809  Death of John Moore, British general (b. 1761) on January - 16.   

1817  On this day in history antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

1834  Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

1842  On this day in history thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

1849  On this day in history wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

1856  Death of Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

1865  On this day in history death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)   

1879  On this day in history death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

1886  On January - 16 amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1891  On January - 16 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54   

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on January - 16.   

1893  On this day in history johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74   

1898  On January - 16 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on this day in history.   

1409  On this day in history birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on January - 16.   

1501  On this day in history birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.