Famous Deaths In March - 16

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.   

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45   

1559  On March - 16 death of anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)   

1620  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on this day in history.   

1629  On March - 16 emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59   

1649  On March - 16 death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)   

1679  On March - 16 death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)   

1721  On March - 16 death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)   

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)   

1738  On this day in history georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72   

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on March - 16.   

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on March - 16.   

1806  On March - 16 giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74   

1819  On March - 16 nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73   

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on March - 16.   

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on March - 16.   

1843  On this day in history anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65   

1867  On this day in history benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on March - 16.   

1881  On March - 16 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1888  On March - 16 death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)   

1890  On March - 16 death of zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)   

1892  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on March - 16.   

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)   

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist