Famous Deaths In March - 16

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

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  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on March - 16.  

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  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  Death of Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) on March - 16.  

1620  On March - 16 death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing  

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1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on March - 16.  

1737  On this day in history death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)  

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 March - 16.  

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on March - 16.  

1806  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on March - 16.  

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

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on March - 16.  

1867  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on March - 16.  

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

1887  On March - 16 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 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  On this day in history death of roy Bean, American jurist  

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.  

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

1473  On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)  

1581  On March - 16 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 this day in history.  

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer  

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.  

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.