Famous Deaths Happened 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  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.   

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

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.   

1379  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74   

1470  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on December - 16.   

1598  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on December - 16.   

1670  On this day in history dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies   

1672  On December - 16 john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63   

1673  On December - 16 juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68   

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

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

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

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

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on December - 16.   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 16.   

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1816  On December - 16 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73   

1833  Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

1858  On this day in history richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69   

1859  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1861  On December - 16 karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71   

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79   

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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  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.   

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

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

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.   

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)