Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

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

1297  On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

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

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  On August - 16 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  Death of Loyset Compère, French composer on this day in history.   

1532  On this day in history death of john the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)   

1603  On August - 16 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  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 this day in history.   

1733  On August - 16 death of matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)   

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

1748  On August - 16 pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63   

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on August - 16.   

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

1799  Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1831  On August - 16 eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30   

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

1854  Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on this day in history.   

1855  On August - 16 death of henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)   

1864  On August - 16 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  On August - 16 death of john Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)   

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 this day in history death of robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)   

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

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1355  On this day in history birth of philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster   

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 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 August - 16.   

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.