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  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  

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

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1620  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on March - 16.  

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1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1649  On March - 16 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 March - 16.  

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

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 March - 16.  

1738  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 on March - 16.  

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  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 this day in history benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33  

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on March - 16.  

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  On March - 16 death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)  

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

1899  On this day in history death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)  

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.  

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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  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)  

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.  

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

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