Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  On this day in history death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)   

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on August - 16.   

1327  On August - 16 death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on this day in history.   

1419  On August - 16 death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on this day in history.   

1445  On August - 16 death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)   

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41   

1518  On this day in history death of loyset Compère, French composer   

1532  Death of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) on this day in history.   

1603  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on August - 16.   

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1675  Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on August - 16.   

1678  On August - 16 death of andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57   

1705  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on August - 16.   

1733  Death of Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657) on August - 16.   

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on August - 16.   

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on August - 16.   

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1791  Death of Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1799  Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on August - 16.   

1807  Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

1831  Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1836  Death of Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755) on August - 16.   

1854  On August - 16 duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

1855  On August - 16 death of henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)   

1864  On August - 16 john Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31   

1870  Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50   

1888  Death of John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831) on this day in history.   

1893  On August - 16 death of jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)   

1894  Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70 on August - 16.   

1899  Death of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) on August - 16.   

1900  Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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1355  On August - 16 birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  On this day in history birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on August - 16.   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on August - 16.   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.   

1596  On August - 16 birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)