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

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

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

1570  On this day in history 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 this day in history william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1621  On October - 16 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  On this day in history 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 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  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on October - 16.   

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

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 October - 16.   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 October - 16.   

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on October - 16.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

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.