Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  

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

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

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on December - 16.  

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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 this day in history.  

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 December - 16.  

1673  On this day in history juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68  

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

1719  On December - 16 adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78  

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 December - 16.  

1774  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)  

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.  

1833  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55  

1852  On December - 16 andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59  

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

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

1871  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  

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

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)  

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

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.  

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.  

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)