Famous Deaths In January - 16

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on January - 16.   

0429  Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430] on January - 16.   

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

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

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on January - 16.   

1547  On January - 16 death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1585  Death of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512) on January - 16.   

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

1659  Death of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on January - 16.   

1710  On this day in history death of emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)   

1711  On this day in history death of joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)   

1747  Death of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history death of arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)   

1750  Death of Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667) on January - 16.   

1752  Death of Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1817  Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1834  On January - 16 death of jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)   

1838  On January - 16 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

1842  Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on January - 16.   

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

1856  On January - 16 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 this day in history.   

1879  On January - 16 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

1886  On this day in history amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

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

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on January - 16.   

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on January - 16.   

1898  Death of Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

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1245  On this day in history birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

1409  On this day in history birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  On January - 16 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 January - 16.   

1587  On January - 16 birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter   

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

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on January - 16.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.