Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

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

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.   

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

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 December - 16.   

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

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

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   

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

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

1672  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on December - 16.   

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1687  On this day in history death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)   

1719  On December - 16 adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78   

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 December - 16.   

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

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  On this day in history vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73   

1833  Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1614  On December - 16 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  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.   

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

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.