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

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 this day in history.  

1443  On August - 16 death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)  

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  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  Death of Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1799  Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on August - 16.  

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

1831  On August - 16 eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30  

1836  On August - 16 death of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)  

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

1855  Death of Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) on August - 16.  

1864  On August - 16 john Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31  

1870  Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on August - 16.  

1886  Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50 on August - 16.  

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

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

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

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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 this day in history.  

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany  

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

1550  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar was born on August - 16.  

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)  

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