Famous Deaths In August - 16

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 this day in history 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  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on August - 16.  

1508  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of john the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)  

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1603  On August - 16 silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62  

1661  On this day in history 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  On August - 16 jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50  

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

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1791  Death of Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

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  Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

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  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  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  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  On this day in history eca de Queiroz, writer, dies  

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1355  On this day in history 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  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  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on August - 16.  

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.  

1596  On this day in history birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)