Famous Deaths In December - 16

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

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.  

0867  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.  

1379  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on December - 16.  

1404  On this day in history 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 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 December - 16 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  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on December - 16.  

1687  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 16.  

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 16.  

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  On December - 16 death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)  

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1833  Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 on December - 16.  

1852  Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69  

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

1861  On this day in history karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71  

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

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

1622  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  

1714  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)