Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  On this day in history death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)  

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on August - 16.  

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on this day in history.  

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on this day in history.  

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 August - 16.  

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on August - 16.  

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  On August - 16 death of john the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)  

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1603  On this day in history 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  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on August - 16.  

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

1807  Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72 on August - 16.  

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

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

1854  Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on August - 16.  

1855  On this day in history death of henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)  

1864  On this day in history john Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31  

1870  On this day in history ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80  

1886  On August - 16 swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50  

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  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 this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster  

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.  

1397  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)  

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.  

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