Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  Death of Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) on August - 16.  

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  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  On August - 16 death of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)  

1445  On August - 16 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  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  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on August - 16.  

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

1678  On this day in history death of andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57  

1705  Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history death of matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)  

1738  On August - 16 joe Miller, English comic, dies  

1748  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63 on August - 16.  

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

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

1831  Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history death of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)  

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

1855  On August - 16 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  Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1886  On this day in history swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50  

1888  Death of John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831) on August - 16.  

1893  On August - 16 death of jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)  

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  Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on August - 16.  

1378  On this day in history birth of hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)  

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on August - 16.  

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

1550  On August - 16 birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar  

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)  

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.