Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16

1027  On August - 16 death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)   

1297  On this day in history death of john II of Trebizond (b. 1262)   

1327  Death of Roch, French saint (b. 1295) on August - 16.   

1358  Death of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) on August - 16.   

1419  Death of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on this day in history.   

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on August - 16.   

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41   

1518  On August - 16 death of loyset Compère, French composer   

1532  On this day in history death of john the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)   

1603  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1661  Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1675  Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies on this day in history.   

1678  Death of Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57 on August - 16.   

1705  On August - 16 jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50   

1733  On August - 16 death of matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)   

1738  Joe Miller, English comic, dies on August - 16.   

1748  On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63   

1786  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1791  Death of Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1799  On August - 16 vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61   

1807  On August - 16 claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72   

1831  On August - 16 eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30   

1836  On this day in history death of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)   

1854  Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on August - 16.   

1855  On August - 16 death of henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)   

1864  On this day in history john Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31   

1870  Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1886  On August - 16 swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50   

1888  Death of John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831) on this day in history.   

1893  Death of Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825) on August - 16.   

1894  On this day in history herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70   

1899  Death of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history eca de Queiroz, writer, dies   

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on this day in history.   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On August - 16 birth of albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany   

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on August - 16.   

1550  On this day in history birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On August - 16 birth of anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)   

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.