Famous Deaths 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  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 October - 16.  

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  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.  

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

1688  On this day in history death of philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68  

1690  On October - 16 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 October - 16.  

1750  Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1755  Death of Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725) on this day in history.  

1774  Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.  

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

1791  Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44  

1810  On October - 16 death of nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772)  

1814  On October - 16 juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34  

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 this day in history.  

1849  On October - 16 george Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies  

1862  On October - 16 george Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31  

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1396  On this day in history birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)  

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 October - 16.  

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  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer  

1708  On October - 16 birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)