Famous Deaths In January - 16

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on January - 16.  

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

1585  Death of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512) on January - 16.  

1595  On January - 16 murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies  

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

1703  On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64  

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1750  On January - 16 death of ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)  

1752  On this day in history death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1842  Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

1865  On this day in history death of edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)  

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 January - 16.  

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  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 January - 16.  

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

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on January - 16.  

1587  On January - 16 birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter  

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on January - 16.  

1626  On January - 16 birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)  

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