Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

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

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history 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 December - 16.   

1672  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on December - 16.   

1687  On December - 16 death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1781  On this day in history georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56   

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

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on December - 16.   

1809  On December - 16 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 December - 16 friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55   

1852  On this day in history andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

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

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on December - 16.   

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.