Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.  

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 December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat  

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

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on this day in history.  

1470  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)  

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

1669  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)  

1719  Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 on December - 16.  

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on this day in history.  

1765  Death of Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on December - 16.  

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  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on December - 16.  

1790  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38  

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

1816  On this day in history vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73  

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

1852  On December - 16 andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59  

1858  Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 on December - 16.  

1859  On this day in history wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73  

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

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on December - 16.  

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 December - 16.  

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)  

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

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  

1714  On December - 16 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  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)