Famous Deaths In March - 16

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

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

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  

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

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.  

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

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.  

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 March - 16.  

1620  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on March - 16.  

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1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on March - 16.  

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  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 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 this day in history francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75  

1806  On this day in history giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74  

1819  On this day in history nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73  

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1841  On March - 16 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49  

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  On March - 16 william Banting, English undertaker, dies  

1881  On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42  

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  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on this day in history.  

1892  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on March - 16.  

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on March - 16.  

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 March - 16.  

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.  

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

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.