Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.  

1021  On March - 16 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  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies  

1322  On March - 16 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  On this day in history 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  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on March - 16.  

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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  On this day in history death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)  

1721  Death of James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on March - 16.  

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

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

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23  

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  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.  

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)  

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)  

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 March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer  

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)  

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