Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.   

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45   

1559  Death of Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) on March - 16.   

1620  On this day in history death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing   

1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1649  On March - 16 death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)   

1679  Death of John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) on March - 16.   

1721  On March - 16 death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)   

1736  On this day in history giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26   

1737  On March - 16 death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)   

1738  On March - 16 georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72   

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75   

1806  On March - 16 giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74   

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on March - 16.   

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on March - 16.   

1841  On March - 16 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49   

1843  On this day in history anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65   

1867  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on March - 16.   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on March - 16.   

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on March - 16.   

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1888  On March - 16 death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)   

1890  On March - 16 death of zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)   

1892  On this day in history death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)   

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.   

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history death of roy Bean, American jurist   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  On this day in history birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.   

1581  On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist