Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.  

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

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  

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 December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  

1325  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 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  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 December - 16.  

1765  Death of Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on December - 16.  

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  

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 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  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  Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1859  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on December - 16.  

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 December - 16.  

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 December - 16.  

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.  

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.  

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)  

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.