Famous Deaths Happened In December - 16
Saturday, 15 March 2025
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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