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 March - 16.  

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.  

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies  

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.  

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.  

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)  

1536  On March - 16 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  On March - 16 death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing  

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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 March - 16.  

1679  Death of John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) on March - 16.  

1721  On March - 16 death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1892  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.  

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on March - 16.  

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  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 16.  

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)  

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.  

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.