Famous Deaths Happened In October - 16

0775  On this day in history mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  On this day in history nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  On October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.   

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on October - 16.   

1594  On this day in history william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1621  On this day in history jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59   

1628  On October - 16 death of françois de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)   

1649  On October - 16 death of isaac van Ostade, painter, buried   

1655  On October - 16 death of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)   

1680  Death of Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609) on this day in history.   

1688  On October - 16 death of philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68   

1690  On this day in history margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

1694  On October - 16 samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on October - 16.   

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on October - 16.   

1755  On October - 16 death of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725)   

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on October - 16.   

1781  On this day in history death of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705)   

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on this day in history.   

1793  Death of Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on this day in history.   

1796  On October - 16 death of victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726)   

1799  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

1810  Death of Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772) on October - 16.   

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on October - 16.   

1817  Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies on October - 16.   

1822  Death of Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724) on October - 16.   

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1849  George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies on October - 16.   

1862  George Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31 on October - 16.   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

1679  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

1708  On October - 16 birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)