Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)  

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.  

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

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on March - 16.  

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

1410  On March - 16 death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1649  On March - 16 death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)  

1679  On March - 16 death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)  

1721  On March - 16 death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)  

1736  On this day in history giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26  

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

1738  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 on March - 16.  

1747  On March - 16 death of christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)  

1804  On this day in history francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75  

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

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on March - 16.  

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65  

1867  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on March - 16.  

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on March - 16.  

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on March - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1892  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23  

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

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.  

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1338  On March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)  

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

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

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.  

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.  

1609  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer  

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)  

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