Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45   

1559  Death of Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) on this day in history.   

1620  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on this day in history.   

1629  On this day in history emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59   

1649  On March - 16 death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)   

1679  Death of John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) on March - 16.   

1721  On March - 16 death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)   

1736  On March - 16 giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26   

1737  On this day in history death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)   

1738  On this day in history georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72   

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on this day in history.   

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1806  On March - 16 giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74   

1819  On this day in history nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73   

1838  On this day in history nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64   

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1843  On March - 16 anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65   

1867  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1888  Death of Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1892  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on March - 16.   

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.   

1899  On March - 16 death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)   

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on March - 16.   

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1338  On March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.