Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  On this day in history marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

0429  On this day in history honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.   

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on this day in history.   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on January - 16.   

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)   

1585  On this day in history death of edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)   

1595  On January - 16 murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies   

1659  On January - 16 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

1703  On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64   

1710  On this day in history death of emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)   

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on January - 16.   

1747  Death of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) on this day in history.   

1748  Death of Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) on January - 16.   

1750  Death of Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1752  On January - 16 death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)   

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56 on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history death of john Moore, British general (b. 1761)   

1817  Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on January - 16.   

1834  Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on January - 16.   

1842  On this day in history thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

1849  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

1864  Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)   

1879  Death of Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) on January - 16.   

1886  On this day in history amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1891  Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on January - 16.   

1893  On January - 16 johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74   

1898  Death of Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) on January - 16.   

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1245  On this day in history birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on this day in history.   

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter   

1616  On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  On January - 16 birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.