Famous Deaths In January - 16

0308  On this day in history marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies  

0429  On January - 16 honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]  

0960  On this day in history death of polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople  

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on this day in history.  

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on January - 16.  

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on January - 16.  

1547  On this day in history death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)  

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on January - 16.  

1585  On January - 16 death of edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)  

1595  Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies on January - 16.  

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1659  On January - 16 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)  

1703  On January - 16 matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64  

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on January - 16.  

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on this day in history.  

1747  On this day in history death of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)  

1748  On this day in history death of arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)  

1750  On January - 16 death of ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)  

1752  On January - 16 death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)  

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56 on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history death of john Moore, British general (b. 1761)  

1817  Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on January - 16.  

1834  Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on January - 16.  

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on January - 16.  

1842  On January - 16 thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies  

1849  On this day in history wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69  

1856  Death of Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) on January - 16.  

1864  Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 on January - 16.  

1865  On January - 16 death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)  

1879  On this day in history death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)  

1886  On this day in history amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51  

1891  On January - 16 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54  

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on January - 16.  

1893  On January - 16 johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74  

1898  Death of Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) on this day in history.  

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on January - 16.  

1409  On this day in history birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)  

1477  On this day in history birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)  

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.  

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on January - 16.  

1616  On January - 16 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)  

1626  On this day in history birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)  

1634  On this day in history birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)