Famous Deaths Happened In October - 16

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

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

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 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 this day in history.   

1555  On October - 16 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 October - 16 william Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62   

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 on this day in history.   

1628  Death of François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555) on this day in history.   

1649  Death of Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried on October - 16.   

1655  On October - 16 death of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)   

1680  Death of Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609) on this day in history.   

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  Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 on October - 16.   

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

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

1755  Death of Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725) on October - 16.   

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  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on October - 16.   

1793  On October - 16 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 October - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1836  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33 on October - 16.   

1849  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

1430  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  On October - 16 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 this day in history 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 October - 16.