Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  On this day in history marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

0429  Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on January - 16.   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.   

1343  On this day in history robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on this day in history.   

1547  On January - 16 death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  On January - 16 death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)   

1585  Death of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512) on January - 16.   

1595  Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies on this day in history.   

1659  Death of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on January - 16.   

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history death of joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)   

1747  On this day in history death of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)   

1748  Death of Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) on January - 16.   

1750  Death of Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)   

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56 on this day in history.   

1809  Death of John Moore, British general (b. 1761) on January - 16.   

1817  On January - 16 antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

1834  On January - 16 death of jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)   

1838  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

1842  On January - 16 thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

1849  On January - 16 wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

1856  Death of Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

1865  Death of Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

1886  On January - 16 amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1891  Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies   

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1898  Death of Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

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1245  On this day in history birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on this day in history.   

1477  On this day in history birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on January - 16.   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)