Famous Deaths In December - 16

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

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.  

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 December - 16 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 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  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on December - 16.  

1598  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on this day in history.  

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on December - 16.  

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  On December - 16 juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68  

1687  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)  

1765  On December - 16 death of peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor  

1774  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84  

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

1809  On this day in history death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)  

1816  On December - 16 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73  

1833  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55  

1852  On this day in history andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59  

1858  Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 on December - 16.  

1859  On this day in history wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73  

1861  Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on December - 16.  

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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  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 December - 16.  

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  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 this day in history.