Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.   

1072  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.   

1485  On this day in history death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45   

1559  Death of Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing   

1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1649  On this day in history death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)   

1679  On this day in history death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1737  Death of Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670) on March - 16.   

1738  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 on March - 16.   

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on this day in history.   

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1806  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on March - 16.   

1841  On March - 16 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49   

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on March - 16.   

1867  On March - 16 benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33   

1878  On March - 16 william Banting, English undertaker, dies   

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1888  Death of Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

1890  On March - 16 death of zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)   

1892  On March - 16 death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)   

1898  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on March - 16.   

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)   

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.