Famous Deaths In October - 16

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on October - 16.   

1355  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  On October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.   

1570  On this day in history death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered   

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on October - 16.   

1594  On this day in history william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on October - 16.   

1628  On this day in history death of françois de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)   

1649  Death of Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on this day in history.   

1655  Death of Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1680  On October - 16 death of raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609)   

1688  On October - 16 death of philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68   

1690  On this day in history margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

1694  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on October - 16.   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on October - 16.   

1750  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

1755  On October - 16 death of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725)   

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.   

1781  Death of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

1793  On this day in history death of marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France   

1796  Death of Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

1810  On October - 16 death of nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772)   

1814  On October - 16 juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

1817  On October - 16 manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies   

1822  Death of Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724) on October - 16.   

1836  On October - 16 friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33   

1849  On this day in history george Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies   

1862  On October - 16 george Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31   

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1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.