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 December - 16.  

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1719  Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on December - 16.  

1765  Death of Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on this day in history.  

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on December - 16.  

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  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38  

1809  On December - 16 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  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 this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79  

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 16.  

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1714  On December - 16 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  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.