Famous Deaths Happened In March - 16

0455  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45   

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.   

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

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

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  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on March - 16.   

1804  On this day in history francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75   

1806  On this day in history 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 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  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on March - 16.   

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  On March - 16 emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

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

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 March - 16.   

1898  On this day in history 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 March - 16 death of roy Bean, American jurist   

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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 March - 16.   

1473  On this day in history 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  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.   

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.   

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