Famous Deaths In October - 16

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.  

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on October - 16.  

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on this day in history.  

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.  

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.  

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.  

1555  On October - 16 death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80  

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on October - 16.  

1591  On October - 16 gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56  

1594  On this day in history william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62  

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1621  On this day in history jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59  

1628  Death of François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555) on this day in history.  

1649  Death of Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on October - 16.  

1655  On October - 16 death of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)  

1680  Death of Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609) on October - 16.  

1688  On October - 16 death of philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68  

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on October - 16.  

1694  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1726  On October - 16 giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77  

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1755  Death of Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725) on October - 16.  

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.  

1781  On October - 16 death of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705)  

1791  On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies  

1793  Death of Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France on this day in history.  

1796  Death of Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44  

1810  On October - 16 death of nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772)  

1814  On October - 16 juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34  

1817  On this day in history manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies  

1822  Death of Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724) on this day in history.  

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1849  On October - 16 george Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies  

1862  On this day in history george Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31  

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.  

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)  

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.  

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.  

1605  On October - 16 birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer  

1663  On October - 16 birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)  

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.  

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.