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 this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  

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

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

1536  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing  

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1629  On March - 16 emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59  

1649  Death of St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593) on March - 16.  

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  On March - 16 giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26  

1737  Death of Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670) on March - 16.  

1738  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

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

1888  Death of Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) on this day in history.  

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  On March - 16 aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23  

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

1903  On this day in history 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  On March - 16 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  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  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer  

1631  On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)  

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