Famous Deaths In January - 16

0308  On this day in history marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies   

0429  Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on January - 16.   

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

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

1400  On January - 16 death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

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 January - 16.   

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 January - 16.   

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

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

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

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  On January - 16 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  On this day in history death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)   

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56 on January - 16.   

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

1817  Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on January - 16.   

1834  On January - 16 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 this day in history thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

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

1856  On January - 16 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  On January - 16 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 this day in history 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  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on January - 16.   

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 this day in history birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)   

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

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on January - 16.   

1634  On this day in history birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)