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  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.  

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  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 March - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1629  On this day in history emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59  

1649  Death of St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26  

1737  Death of Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670) on this day in history.  

1738  On this day in history georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72  

1747  On March - 16 death of christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)  

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

1806  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1819  On March - 16 nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73  

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

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on March - 16.  

1843  On this day in history anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65  

1867  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on March - 16.  

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.  

1881  On March - 16 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42  

1887  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59  

1888  Death of Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) on March - 16.  

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

1899  On March - 16 death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)  

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on March - 16.  

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)  

1445  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.  

1609  On this day in history 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.