Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  On August - 16 death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)  

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

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 August - 16.  

1445  On August - 16 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 this day in history.  

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

1532  Death of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) on August - 16.  

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1603  On August - 16 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 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  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 August - 16 joe Miller, English comic, dies  

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

1799  Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1894  On August - 16 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  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on August - 16.  

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 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 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.