Famous Deaths In July - 16

0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on July - 16.  

0599  On July - 16 monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies  

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1139  On July - 16 walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies  

1216  Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies on July - 16.  

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.  

1342  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on July - 16.  

1482  On July - 16 john van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies  

1546  Death of Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (b. 1521) on this day in history.  

1557  Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1590  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], pontiff of Portugal, dies on this day in history.  

1594  On this day in history death of thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (b. 1558)  

1647  Death of Massaniello, [Tommaso Aniello], Napolitan rebel, murdered on July - 16.  

1664  A Gryphius, writer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history death of john Pearson, English theologian (b. 1612)  

1691  On this day in history francois-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, statesman, dies  

1698  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1729  Johann David Heinichen, composer, dies at 46 on July - 16.  

1730  Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies on July - 16.  

1736  Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies on July - 16.  

1747  Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies on July - 16.  

1762  On this day in history jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87  

1764  On this day in history death of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23  

1770  Death of Francis Cotes, English painter (b. 1726) on July - 16.  

1782  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1796  On this day in history death of george Howard, British field marshal (b. 1718)  

1827  On July - 16 josiah Spode, potter, dies  

1831  Death of Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (b. 1763) on July - 16.  

1843  On July - 16 hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, politician, dies at 68  

1857  On July - 16 pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies  

1864  On July - 16 victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27  

1868  Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 on July - 16.  

1871  Death of Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on July - 16.  

1879  Death of Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (b. 1800) on this day in history.  

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1194  On this day in history birth of saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)  

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on July - 16.  

1611  On July - 16 birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)  

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on July - 16.  

1714  On July - 16 birth of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)  

1715  Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

1722  On this day in history birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor  

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on July - 16.