Famous Deaths In October - 16

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1355  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

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

1591  On this day in history gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56   

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on October - 16.   

1628  Death of François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555) on this day in history.   

1649  Death of Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history death of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)   

1680  On this day in history death of raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609)   

1688  Death of Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1694  On this day in history samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1750  On October - 16 silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

1755  Death of Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725) on October - 16.   

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.   

1781  Death of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1791  On October - 16 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

1793  Death of Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on October - 16.   

1796  Death of Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1814  On October - 16 juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

1817  Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on October - 16.   

1849  George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  On October - 16 birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

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

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.