Famous Deaths In December - 16

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

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

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  

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

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

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

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  

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

1598  On this day in history death of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)  

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 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  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 this day in history.  

1751  On December - 16 death of leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)  

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

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  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.  

1833  On December - 16 friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55  

1852  Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 on December - 16.  

1858  Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1861  On this day in history karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71  

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

1871  On this day in history willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73  

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

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1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  

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

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

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

1652  On December - 16 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 this day in history.