Famous Deaths Happened In March - 16

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

1021  On this day in history 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  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

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 this day in history 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 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  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1649  On March - 16 death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)   

1679  On this day in history death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)   

1721  On this day in history death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)   

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history 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 March - 16 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  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on March - 16.   

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on March - 16.   

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 March - 16.   

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1888  Death of Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) on March - 16.   

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 16 death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)   

1898  On March - 16 aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1473  On March - 16 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  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist