Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat   

1379  On this day in history death of john Fitzalan, Marshal of England   

1404  On this day in history albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74   

1470  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on December - 16.   

1598  On this day in history death of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.   

1670  Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies on December - 16.   

1672  On December - 16 john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63   

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1687  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on this day in history.   

1719  Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 on December - 16.   

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on December - 16.   

1765  Death of Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on this day in history.   

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1781  On December - 16 georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56   

1783  On this day in history johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

1790  On December - 16 ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  Death of Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) on this day in history.   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1833  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55   

1852  Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69   

1859  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1861  On December - 16 karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71   

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on December - 16.   

1871  On this day in history willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73   

1874  On December - 16 abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)