Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on this day in history.   

1297  On August - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1661  On August - 16 thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53   

1675  Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on August - 16.   

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  On August - 16 death of matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)   

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on August - 16.   

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 August - 16.   

1799  On this day in history vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61   

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

1831  Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on August - 16.   

1836  Death of Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755) on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

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

1864  On August - 16 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  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 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  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  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on August - 16.   

1378  On August - 16 birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)   

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on this day in history.   

1401  On this day in history birth of jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)   

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 this day in history birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

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