Famous Deaths In October - 16

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.  

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74  

1333  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies  

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

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies  

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81  

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.  

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.  

1591  Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on October - 16.  

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on October - 16.  

1628  Death of François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555) on October - 16.  

1649  On this day in history death of isaac van Ostade, painter, buried  

1655  Death of Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591) on this day in history.  

1680  On this day in history death of raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609)  

1688  On this day in history death of philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68  

1690  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1694  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on October - 16.  

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

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on October - 16.  

1755  Death of Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725) on this day in history.  

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

1781  Death of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) on October - 16.  

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on October - 16.  

1793  On this day in history death of marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France  

1796  On October - 16 death of victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726)  

1799  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1810  On this day in history death of nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772)  

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on October - 16.  

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

1822  On this day in history death of eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724)  

1836  On this day in history friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33  

1849  On this day in history 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  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)  

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on this day in history.  

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

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)  

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.  

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 October - 16.