Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 16.   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.   

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat   

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

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on December - 16.   

1470  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on this day in history.   

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

1669  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68   

1687  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on December - 16.   

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 December - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 16.   

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

1859  On December - 16 wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73   

1861  Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79   

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

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

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

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  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.