Famous Deaths In January - 16

0308  On January - 16 marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

0429  On January - 16 honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  On this day in history death of polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople   

1343  On January - 16 robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  On January - 16 death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

1545  On this day in history death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)   

1585  On January - 16 death of edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)   

1595  Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies on January - 16.   

1659  On January - 16 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

1703  On January - 16 matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64   

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on January - 16.   

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1747  On January - 16 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 January - 16.   

1752  Death of Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) on January - 16.   

1794  On this day in history edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56   

1809  On this day in history death of john Moore, British general (b. 1761)   

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

1834  Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on January - 16.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

1849  On this day in history wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

1856  On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

1864  On January - 16 anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

1865  On January - 16 death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)   

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

1886  On this day in history amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1891  Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 on January - 16.   

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on January - 16.   

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

1898  On January - 16 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

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

1409  On January - 16 birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on January - 16.   

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 January - 16.   

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.