Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat  

1379  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on this day in history.  

1404  On this day in history albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74  

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1470  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)  

1598  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on December - 16.  

1669  On this day in history death of nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)  

1670  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

1783  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

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

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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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 December - 16.  

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  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  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.