Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

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  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  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  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat   

1379  On December - 16 death of john Fitzalan, Marshal of England   

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on December - 16.   

1470  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on this day in history.   

1598  On December - 16 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  On this day in history dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies   

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

1673  On this day in history juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68   

1687  On December - 16 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  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on December - 16.   

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

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1870  On this day in history stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31   

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  On December - 16 birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

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