Famous Deaths In March - 16

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

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.   

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

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.   

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 March - 16.   

1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1649  Death of St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593) on March - 16.   

1679  On this day in history 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  On March - 16 giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26   

1737  On March - 16 death of benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)   

1738  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 on March - 16.   

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75   

1806  On this day in history giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74   

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

1838  On this day in history nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64   

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on March - 16.   

1867  On March - 16 benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

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

1887  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

1888  On this day in history death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)   

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

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

1898  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

1899  On March - 16 death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)   

1903  On this day in history death of roy Bean, American jurist   

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

1445  On this day in history birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

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

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

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