Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  On January - 16 marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

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  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 January - 16.   

1545  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On January - 16 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

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

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

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

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

1817  On January - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

1849  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on January - 16.   

1856  On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

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

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

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

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

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  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

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

1587  On this day in history birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter   

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 January - 16.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.