Famous Deaths In October - 16

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

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  On this day in history death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death  

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.  

1591  On this day in history gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56  

1594  William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 on October - 16.  

1621  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609) on October - 16.  

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

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  On this day in history giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77  

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

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  On this day in history 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  On October - 16 death of marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France  

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 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 October - 16.  

1822  Death of Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724) on this day in history.  

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

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)  

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

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  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.  

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on October - 16.  

1708  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)