Famous Deaths Happened In October - 16

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.   

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 October - 16.   

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

1473  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  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  On this day in history samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62   

1726  Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1750  On October - 16 silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64   

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

1774  On this day in history robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

1781  On October - 16 death of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705)   

1791  On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies   

1793  On October - 16 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 October - 16.   

1810  Death of Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

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

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 October - 16 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  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  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  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.