Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

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  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.   

1379  On December - 16 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 December - 16 death of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on December - 16.   

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

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

1673  On December - 16 juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68   

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

1719  On this day in history adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78   

1751  On December - 16 death of leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)   

1765  On December - 16 death of peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor   

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on December - 16.   

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

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

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1809  On December - 16 death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1833  On December - 16 friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55   

1852  Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 on December - 16.   

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

1859  On this day in history wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73   

1861  On this day in history karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71   

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

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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1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

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

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

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

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.