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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On March - 16 death of anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)  

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

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  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 March - 16.  

1736  On March - 16 giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26  

1737  On March - 16 death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)  

1738  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1747  On this day in history death of christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)  

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

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

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

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on March - 16.  

1841  On this day in history félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49  

1843  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1892  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on March - 16.  

1898  On March - 16 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 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 March - 16.  

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  On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)  

1585  On this day in history birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)  

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

1631  On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)  

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