Famous Deaths In March - 16

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

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

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  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  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on this day in history.  

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

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

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  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1838  On March - 16 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  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 March - 16 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  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on March - 16.  

1898  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23  

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 March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)  

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

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer  

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

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