Famous Deaths In October - 16

0775  On this day in history mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies  

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

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

1555  On this day in history death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80  

1570  On October - 16 death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered  

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  

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

1628  On this day in history death of françois de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)  

1649  Death of Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on this day in history.  

1655  On this day in history death of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)  

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

1688  Death of Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68 on October - 16.  

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

1694  On October - 16 samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62  

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on October - 16.  

1750  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64  

1755  On October - 16 death of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725)  

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on October - 16.  

1781  On this day in history death of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705)  

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  Death of Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726) on October - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1817  Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies on October - 16.  

1822  Death of Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724) on October - 16.  

1836  On October - 16 friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33  

1849  George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies on October - 16.  

1862  On October - 16 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 October - 16.  

1483  On this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)  

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

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.  

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)  

1679  On this day in history birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer  

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