Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on this day in history.   

0429  On this day in history honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

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

1343  On this day in history robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on this day in history.   

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

1554  On January - 16 death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)   

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 this day in history.   

1659  Death of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1710  On January - 16 death of emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)   

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

1747  Death of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) on this day in history.   

1748  Death of Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) on January - 16.   

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

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

1794  On January - 16 edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56   

1809  On January - 16 death of john Moore, British general (b. 1761)   

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

1834  On this day in history death of jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)   

1838  On January - 16 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

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

1849  On January - 16 wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

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

1864  On this day in history anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

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

1879  Death of Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) on January - 16.   

1886  On January - 16 amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1891  Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 on January - 16.   

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

1893  On this day in history johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74   

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

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1245  On January - 16 birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

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

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

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  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on January - 16.   

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.