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 August - 16.   

1358  On August - 16 death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  On August - 16 death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)   

1443  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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)   

1603  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on August - 16.   

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

1675  Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history joe Miller, English comic, dies   

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

1786  On this day in history henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80   

1791  On this day in history death of charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)   

1799  On this day in history 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 August - 16.   

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

1854  On August - 16 duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

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 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  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 August - 16 death of robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)   

1900  On August - 16 eca de Queiroz, writer, dies   

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1355  On August - 16 birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

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

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  On August - 16 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  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on August - 16.