Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16
Friday, 20 June 2025
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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