Famous Deaths In October - 16

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.  

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74  

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 this day in history.  

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 October - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1594  On October - 16 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 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  Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on October - 16.  

1755  On this day in history death of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725)  

1774  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1810  Death of Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772) on October - 16.  

1814  Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34 on October - 16.  

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

1822  On this day in history death of eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724)  

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

1849  George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies on this day in history.  

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

1483  On October - 16 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  On this day in history birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer  

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on October - 16.