Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1553  On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

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 this day in history gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56   

1594  On October - 16 william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

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

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

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

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

1680  On October - 16 death of raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609)   

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

1690  On October - 16 margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

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

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 October - 16.   

1774  On October - 16 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

1781  Death of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1791  On October - 16 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1799  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44 on October - 16.   

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

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

1817  Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies on this day in history.   

1822  On October - 16 death of eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724)   

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

1849  On this day in history george Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies   

1862  George Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

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

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

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

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

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on October - 16.   

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