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 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 this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

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

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

1379  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on December - 16.   

1404  On December - 16 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  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31   

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  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.   

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

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.   

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

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)