Famous Deaths In March - 16

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

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III  

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  

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

1322  On March - 16 death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)  

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 this day in history.  

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45  

1559  On this day in history 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  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 March - 16.  

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 March - 16.  

1737  On March - 16 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  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 March - 16.  

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

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  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1888  Death of Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) on March - 16.  

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

1899  On this day in history death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)  

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

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

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer  

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

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist