Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.  

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III  

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

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.  

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)  

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)  

1485  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1649  On this day in history death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)  

1679  Death of John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) on this day in history.  

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

1806  On March - 16 giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74  

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on March - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1867  On March - 16 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 this day in history.  

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on March - 16.  

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  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on this day in history.  

1903  On March - 16 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 March - 16.  

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist