Famous Deaths 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  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.  

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on January - 16.  

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

1545  On this day in history death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)  

1547  On January - 16 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  On this day in history murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies  

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

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

1710  On this day in history 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 January - 16.  

1748  On this day in history 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  Death of Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) on January - 16.  

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

1809  Death of John Moore, British general (b. 1761) on January - 16.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1879  Death of Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

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

1891  Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on this day in history.  

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on this day in history.  

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  On January - 16 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  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)