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  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.   

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

1404  On this day in history albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74   

1470  On December - 16 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  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.   

1670  Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies on December - 16.   

1672  On December - 16 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  On this day in history death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)   

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

1751  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

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

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1809  Death of Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1584  On December - 16 birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  On this day in history 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 December - 16.   

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  On December - 16 birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

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