Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.  

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli  

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat  

1379  On this day in history death of john Fitzalan, Marshal of England  

1404  On December - 16 albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74  

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1470  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on this day in history.  

1598  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on December - 16.  

1669  On December - 16 death of nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)  

1670  Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies on this day in history.  

1672  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1673  On this day in history juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68  

1687  On December - 16 death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)  

1719  On this day in history adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78  

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on December - 16.  

1765  On December - 16 death of peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor  

1774  On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  

1781  On December - 16 georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56  

1783  On this day in history johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84  

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on December - 16.  

1809  Death of Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) on December - 16.  

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55  

1852  Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1858  On December - 16 richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69  

1859  On December - 16 wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73  

1861  Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1870  On December - 16 stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31  

1871  On December - 16 willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73  

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.  

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)  

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.  

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.