Famous Deaths Happened In March - 16

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

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 March - 16.   

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

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.   

1559  On March - 16 death of anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)   

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  Death of James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

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 March - 16 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 March - 16.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33   

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  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

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 this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)   

1898  On March - 16 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  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.   

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  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

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

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