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 this day in history.  

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.  

1072  On March - 16 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  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  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1679  On March - 16 death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)  

1721  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1843  On March - 16 anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65  

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

1878  On this day in history william Banting, English undertaker, dies  

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on March - 16.  

1887  On March - 16 emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59  

1888  On this day in history death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)  

1890  On this day in history death of zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)  

1892  On March - 16 death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)  

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.  

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

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

1609  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer  

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

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