Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on January - 16.   

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

0960  On this day in history death of polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople   

1343  On January - 16 robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on January - 16.   

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

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

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on January - 16.   

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  On this day in history death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

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

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

1748  On this day in history death of arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)   

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

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

1794  On this day in history edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56   

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  On January - 16 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 January - 16 thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

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

1856  Death of Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) on January - 16.   

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 January - 16 amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1891  On January - 16 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54   

1892  On this day in history imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies   

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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