Famous Deaths In January - 16

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on this day in history.   

0429  On January - 16 honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.   

1343  On this day in history robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  On January - 16 death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  On this day in history death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)   

1585  Death of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512) on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies   

1659  On this day in history death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on January - 16.   

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on January - 16.   

1747  On January - 16 death of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)   

1748  On January - 16 death of arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)   

1750  On January - 16 death of ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)   

1752  On January - 16 death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)   

1794  On this day in history edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56   

1809  Death of John Moore, British general (b. 1761) on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

1834  Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on January - 16.   

1842  On this day in history thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

1849  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

1864  On this day in history anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

1865  Death of Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) on January - 16.   

1879  On this day in history death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

1886  Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 on January - 16.   

1891  On this day in history clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54   

1892  On January - 16 imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies   

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1898  On January - 16 death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on January - 16.   

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on January - 16.   

1477  On this day in history birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On January - 16 birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)   

1634  On January - 16 birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)