Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.   

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.   

1379  On December - 16 death of john Fitzalan, Marshal of England   

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on this day in history.   

1470  Death of John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history death of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.   

1670  Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies on this day in history.   

1672  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on December - 16.   

1687  On December - 16 death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)   

1719  Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

1765  On December - 16 death of peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor   

1774  On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1781  On December - 16 georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56   

1783  On this day in history johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

1790  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  On December - 16 death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1833  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55   

1852  On this day in history andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

1858  On this day in history richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69   

1859  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1861  On December - 16 karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71   

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on December - 16.   

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.   

1584  On December - 16 birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)