Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.  

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on this day in history.  

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.  

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.  

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.  

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.  

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.  

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.  

1559  On March - 16 death of anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)  

1620  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on March - 16.  

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1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on March - 16.  

1649  On this day in history death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)  

1679  Death of John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) on this day in history.  

1721  Death of James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657) on this day in history.  

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on March - 16.  

1737  Death of Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670) on this day in history.  

1738  On this day in history georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72  

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on March - 16.  

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1806  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on March - 16.  

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on March - 16.  

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on March - 16.  

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on March - 16.  

1867  On this day in history benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33  

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.  

1881  On March - 16 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42  

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)  

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on March - 16.  

1892  On March - 16 death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)  

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on March - 16.  

1903  On March - 16 death of roy Bean, American jurist  

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.  

1445  On this day in history birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)  

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.  

1581  On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)  

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)  

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.  

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.  

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.