Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0705 On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)
0714 Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.
0867 On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli
0875 On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75
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 Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.
1378 Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.
1379 Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on December - 16.
1404 On December - 16 albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74
1470 Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on this day in history.
1598 Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on this day in history.
1669 Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.
1670 On this day in history dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies
1672 On December - 16 john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1673 On this day in history juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68
1687 On this day in history death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
1719 On this day in history adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78
1751 Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on this day in history.
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 this day in history georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56
1783 On December - 16 johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
1790 On December - 16 ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38
1809 On this day in history death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
1816 On this day in history vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73
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 Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1859 On December - 16 wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73
1861 On this day in history karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71
1870 On this day in history stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31
1871 On December - 16 willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73
1874 Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on this day in history.
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