Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

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

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on August - 16.   

1327  On August - 16 death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on this day in history.   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on this day in history.   

1445  On this day in history death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)   

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on August - 16.   

1518  Death of Loyset Compère, French composer on this day in history.   

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

1603  On this day in history silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62   

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1675  On August - 16 bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies   

1678  On this day in history death of andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57   

1705  On August - 16 jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50   

1733  On August - 16 death of matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)   

1738  On this day in history joe Miller, English comic, dies   

1748  On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63   

1786  On this day in history henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80   

1791  Death of Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) on August - 16.   

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

1807  On this day in history claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72   

1831  Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1836  Death of Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755) on August - 16.   

1854  On August - 16 duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

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

1864  John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31 on August - 16.   

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

1886  On this day in history swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50   

1888  On August - 16 death of john Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)   

1893  On this day in history death of jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)   

1894  Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70 on August - 16.   

1899  Death of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1900  Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on this day in history.   

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on this day in history.   

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

1557  On this day in history birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)   

1573  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

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