Famous Deaths In August - 16

1027  On August - 16 death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)  

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on this day in history.  

1327  On this day in history death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)  

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on August - 16.  

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.  

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on this day in history.  

1445  On this day in history death of margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)  

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 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 August - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1705  On this day in history jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50  

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

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

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  Death of Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) on this day in history.  

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  Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50 on August - 16.  

1888  On August - 16 death of john Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)  

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 August - 16.  

1899  Death of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

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

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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  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany  

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

1596  On August - 16 birth of frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)