Famous Deaths Happened In October - 16

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 October - 16.   

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

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

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 October - 16 death of isaac van Ostade, painter, buried   

1655  On October - 16 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  Death of Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68 on October - 16.   

1690  On this day in history margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

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  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  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 October - 16.   

1799  On October - 16 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44   

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

1836  On this day in history 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  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

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

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

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

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 October - 16.   

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