Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  On December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

0714  On December - 16 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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1669  On this day in history death of nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)   

1670  On December - 16 dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies   

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

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 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

1859  On December - 16 wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73   

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 December - 16 willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73   

1874  On December - 16 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 this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)