Famous Deaths In January - 16

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

0429  Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on January - 16.   

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

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on January - 16.   

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

1545  On January - 16 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 January - 16 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  Death of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) on January - 16.   

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

1710  On January - 16 death of emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)   

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1747  Death of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) on January - 16.   

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

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

1752  Death of Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) on January - 16.   

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56 on January - 16.   

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

1817  On January - 16 antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

1834  Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on January - 16.   

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

1842  Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on January - 16.   

1849  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on January - 16.   

1856  Death of Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) on this day in history.   

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

1865  Death of Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54   

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

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on January - 16.   

1898  On this day in history 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  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on this day in history.   

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  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on January - 16.   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on January - 16.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.