Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  On December - 16 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 December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.   

1379  On December - 16 death of john Fitzalan, Marshal of England   

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

1470  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)   

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  On December - 16 dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies   

1672  On this day in history 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  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on this day in history.   

1719  On December - 16 adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78   

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 December - 16.   

1774  On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

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

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on December - 16.   

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 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 December - 16.   

1858  Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1859  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

1584  On December - 16 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  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.