Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on this day in history.   

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

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1343  On this day in history robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  On this day in history death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

1545  On this day in history death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  On this day in history death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

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  Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies on this day in history.   

1659  Death of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on January - 16.   

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on January - 16.   

1711  On this day in history death of joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)   

1747  On this day in history death of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)   

1748  Death of Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) on this day in history.   

1750  Death of Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667) on January - 16.   

1752  Death of Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

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

1809  Death of John Moore, British general (b. 1761) on January - 16.   

1817  On this day in history antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

1834  On this day in history death of jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)   

1838  On January - 16 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

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 January - 16.   

1865  On January - 16 death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)   

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

1886  Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1892  On January - 16 imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies   

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

1898  On January - 16 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on January - 16.   

1409  On January - 16 birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  On this day in history birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  On January - 16 birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on January - 16.   

1616  On January - 16 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On January - 16 birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)