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

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

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  On this day in history 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  On March - 16 death of anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)   

1620  On this day in history death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing   

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 March - 16.   

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

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 March - 16 georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72   

1747  On March - 16 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 March - 16.   

1806  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 16 william Banting, English undertaker, dies   

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

1887  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

1888  On March - 16 death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)   

1890  On March - 16 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 this day in history.   

1899  On March - 16 death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)   

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

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

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

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

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