Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on August - 16.  

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

1327  On this day in history death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)  

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on August - 16.  

1419  On August - 16 death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)  

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  On August - 16 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 August - 16 death of john the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)  

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1603  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1661  On August - 16 thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53  

1675  On this day in history bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies  

1678  Death of Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on August - 16.  

1705  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1733  Death of Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657) on August - 16.  

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

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

1786  On August - 16 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 August - 16 claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72  

1831  Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on August - 16.  

1836  On this day in history death of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)  

1854  Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on this day in history.  

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

1864  On this day in history john Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31  

1870  Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1886  Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1888  Death of John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831) on this day in history.  

1893  On August - 16 death of jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)  

1894  On this day in history herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70  

1899  On August - 16 death of robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)  

1900  Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies on August - 16.  

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

1401  On August - 16 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 this day in history.  

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on August - 16.