Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.   

0867  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.   

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  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on this day in history.   

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 16 death of nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)   

1670  Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 death of leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)   

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

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 16.   

1783  On December - 16 johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

1790  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  Death of Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) on December - 16.   

1816  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69   

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

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  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.   

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.   

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)