Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on January - 16.   

0429  Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on this day in history.   

0960  On January - 16 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 this day in history.   

1547  On January - 16 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.   

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

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on January - 16.   

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

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on January - 16.   

1747  On January - 16 death of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)   

1748  On January - 16 death of arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)   

1750  Death of Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1834  On January - 16 death of jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1864  Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1865  Death of Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

1879  On January - 16 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

1886  Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54   

1892  On this day in history imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies   

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

1898  On January - 16 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

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

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on this day in history.   

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

1501  On this day in history birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.