Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on this day in history.  

1297  On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)  

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on this day in history.  

1358  On August - 16 death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)  

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on August - 16.  

1443  On August - 16 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 this day in history.  

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

1518  On this day in history death of loyset Compère, French composer  

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

1603  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on August - 16.  

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on August - 16.  

1675  Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on this day in history.  

1748  On August - 16 pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63  

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on August - 16.  

1791  On August - 16 death of charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)  

1799  On August - 16 vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61  

1807  On August - 16 claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72  

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  Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on August - 16.  

1855  On August - 16 death of henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)  

1864  John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31 on this day in history.  

1870  On this day in history ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80  

1886  On August - 16 swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50  

1888  On this day in history death of john Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)  

1893  Death of Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825) on this day in history.  

1894  Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history death of robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)  

1900  On this day in history eca de Queiroz, writer, dies  

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1355  On August - 16 birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster  

1378  On this day in history birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)  

1397  On this day in history birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany  

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)  

1550  On this day in history birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar  

1557  On August - 16 birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)  

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.  

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.