Famous Deaths 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 December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1379  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of john II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)  

1598  On December - 16 death of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)  

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

1670  On December - 16 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  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on December - 16.  

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

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on December - 16.  

1765  Death of Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on this day in history.  

1774  On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  

1781  On this day in history georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56  

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on December - 16.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history 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  On this day in history wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73  

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

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

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

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

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1485  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1614  On December - 16 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 this day in history.  

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.