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Famous Deaths In January - 16

Saturday, 25 May 2013

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 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 Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.

1585 On this day in history death of edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)

1595 On this day in history murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies

1659 On this day in history death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)

1703 On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64

1710 On this day in history death of emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)

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

1747 Death of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) on this day in history.

1748 Death of Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) on this day in history.

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

1817 Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.

1834 Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on this day in history.

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

1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on this day in history.

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 Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 on this day in history.

1865 On this day in history 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 On this day in history clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54

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

1893 On this day in history johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74

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

1901 On this day in history hiram Revels, dies at 73

1906 Death of Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) on this day in history.

1907 Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1245 Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on this day in history.

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

1477 Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.

1501 On this day in history birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)

1587 On this day in history birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter

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

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

1634 Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.