Famous Deaths In March - 16

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

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

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

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.   

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45   

1559  Death of Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) on this day in history.   

1620  On March - 16 death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing   

1629  On this day in history emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59   

1649  On March - 16 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 March - 16.   

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)   

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

1747  On this day in history death of christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)   

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  On March - 16 nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73   

1838  On this day in history nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64   

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

1843  On March - 16 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 this day in history.   

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on March - 16.   

1887  On March - 16 emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

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

1890  On this day in history death of zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)   

1892  On this day in history death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)   

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.   

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on this day in history.   

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on March - 16.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

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

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist