Famous Deaths In December - 16

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

0714  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.  

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.  

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

1598  On this day in history death of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)  

1669  On December - 16 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  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1687  On December - 16 death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)  

1719  Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 on December - 16.  

1751  On this day in history death of leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)  

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

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  On this day in history 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 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 December - 16.  

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  

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  On this day in history 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 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.