Famous Deaths In December - 16

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

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.  

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.  

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.  

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.  

1379  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on December - 16.  

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

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1470  On December - 16 death of john II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)  

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

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.  

1670  Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies on December - 16.  

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

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1687  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on December - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)  

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

1861  Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on December - 16.  

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

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on December - 16.  

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on December - 16.  

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

1584  On December - 16 birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  

1614  On this day in history birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)  

1622  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.  

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.