Famous Deaths In December - 16

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

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.  

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.  

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.  

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

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.  

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

1379  On December - 16 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  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  On this day in history death of nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)  

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

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

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

1751  On this day in history death of leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)  

1765  On this day in history death of peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor  

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On December - 16 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  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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  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 December - 16.  

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.  

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.  

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)  

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