Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

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

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

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.   

1343  On January - 16 robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

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

1545  On January - 16 death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on this day in history.   

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1585  Death of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512) on this day in history.   

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

1659  Death of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) on January - 16.   

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

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

1711  On January - 16 death of joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)   

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

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

1750  On this day in history death of ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)   

1752  Death of Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) on January - 16.   

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

1809  Death of John Moore, British general (b. 1761) on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

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 January - 16.   

1842  Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on January - 16.   

1849  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) on January - 16.   

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

1886  Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 on January - 16.   

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

1892  On January - 16 imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies   

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on January - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1409  On January - 16 birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on January - 16.   

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 this day in history 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  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.