Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

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

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

1327  On this day in history death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on August - 16.   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1443  On August - 16 death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on this day in history.   

1508  On August - 16 henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41   

1518  On August - 16 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 this day in history.   

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on August - 16.   

1675  On this day in history bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies   

1678  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1748  On August - 16 pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63   

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

1791  On August - 16 death of charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)   

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  On August - 16 eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30   

1836  On August - 16 death of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)   

1854  Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on this day in history.   

1855  Death of Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) on this day in history.   

1864  John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31 on August - 16.   

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

1886  Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50 on August - 16.   

1888  On August - 16 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  On August - 16 herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70   

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

1900  On this day in history eca de Queiroz, writer, dies   

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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  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on August - 16.   

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on August - 16.   

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  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on August - 16.