Famous Deaths In August - 16

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

1297  On August - 16 death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)  

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  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on this day in history.  

1508  Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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

1532  Death of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) on this day in history.  

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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 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  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on August - 16.  

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

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on August - 16.  

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  Death of Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61  

1807  Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72 on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30  

1836  On August - 16 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 August - 16 john Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31  

1870  On August - 16 ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80  

1886  On this day in history 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  On this day in history herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70  

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

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  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on August - 16.  

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 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  On August - 16 birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)