Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on August - 16.   

1297  On August - 16 death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  On August - 16 death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  On this day in history death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  On August - 16 death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)   

1443  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)   

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on August - 16.   

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41   

1518  On August - 16 death of loyset Compère, French composer   

1532  On this day in history death of john the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)   

1603  On this day in history silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62   

1661  On this day in history thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53   

1675  On this day in history bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies   

1678  On this day in history death of andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57   

1705  On this day in history jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50   

1733  Death of Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657) on August - 16.   

1738  On this day in history joe Miller, English comic, dies   

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on August - 16.   

1786  On August - 16 henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80   

1791  Death of Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61   

1807  Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

1831  Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1836  On August - 16 death of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)   

1854  On August - 16 duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

1855  Death of Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) on this day in history.   

1864  John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31 on August - 16.   

1870  Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50   

1888  Death of John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831) on August - 16.   

1893  On August - 16 death of jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)   

1894  Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70 on August - 16.   

1899  Death of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 16 eca de Queiroz, writer, dies   

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  On August - 16 birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

1550  On August - 16 birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  On August - 16 birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)