Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  On this day in history 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  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on December - 16.  

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1470  On December - 16 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  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.  

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  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1687  Death of William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) on December - 16.  

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

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  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on December - 16.  

1790  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38  

1809  Death of Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1858  On December - 16 richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69  

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

1861  Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on December - 16.  

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on December - 16.  

1871  On December - 16 willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73  

1874  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  

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

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

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

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