Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat   

1379  On this day in history death of john Fitzalan, Marshal of England   

1404  On this day in history albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74   

1470  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on this day in history.   

1598  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on December - 16.   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on December - 16.   

1670  Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies on December - 16.   

1672  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on December - 16.   

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1687  On December - 16 death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)   

1719  Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

1765  On December - 16 death of peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor   

1774  On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1781  On December - 16 georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56   

1783  On December - 16 johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on December - 16.   

1809  Death of Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) on December - 16.   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1833  Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 on December - 16.   

1852  On this day in history andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

1858  Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73   

1861  Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1870  On December - 16 stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31   

1871  On this day in history willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73   

1874  On December - 16 abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.   

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.   

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.