Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.  

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

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

1072  On this day in history 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 March - 16.  

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  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1679  On this day in history 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  On March - 16 death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)  

1738  On March - 16 georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72  

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on this day in history.  

1804  On March - 16 francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75  

1806  On March - 16 giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74  

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  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  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 March - 16.  

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

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  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 March - 16.  

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.  

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  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.