Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on this day in history.   

1297  On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on August - 16.   

1358  On this day in history death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

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  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on August - 16.   

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  On August - 16 silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62   

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

1675  On August - 16 bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies   

1678  Death of Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50   

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

1738  On August - 16 joe Miller, English comic, dies   

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 August - 16.   

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

1807  On this day in history claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72   

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

1836  Death of Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755) on this day in history.   

1854  Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on August - 16.   

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

1864  John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31 on this day in history.   

1870  Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on August - 16.   

1886  On August - 16 swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50   

1888  On this day in history death of john Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)   

1893  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1900  On August - 16 eca de Queiroz, writer, dies   

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on August - 16.   

1378  On August - 16 birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.