Famous Deaths Happened In March - 16

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.   

1072  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  On March - 16 death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

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

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) on March - 16.   

1620  On this day in history death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing   

1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1649  On this day in history 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  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1737  Death of Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670) on this day in history.   

1738  On March - 16 georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72   

1747  On this day in history death of christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)   

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

1806  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1841  On March - 16 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49   

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1878  On this day in history william Banting, English undertaker, dies   

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on March - 16.   

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

1888  On this day in history death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)   

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on March - 16.   

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

1898  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on March - 16.   

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

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

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist