Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on this day in history.   

0429  On January - 16 honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  On this day in history death of polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople   

1343  On this day in history robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies   

1400  On January - 16 death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on January - 16.   

1547  On this day in history death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1585  On January - 16 death of edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)   

1595  On January - 16 murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies   

1659  On January - 16 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

1703  On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64   

1710  Death of Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1747  Death of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) on January - 16.   

1748  Death of Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) on this day in history.   

1750  Death of Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1752  Death of Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56   

1809  On this day in history death of john Moore, British general (b. 1761)   

1817  On this day in history antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

1834  On January - 16 death of jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)   

1838  On January - 16 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

1842  On January - 16 thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

1849  On this day in history wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

1856  On January - 16 death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

1864  On January - 16 anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

1865  Death of Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828) on January - 16.   

1879  Death of Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1886  On January - 16 amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1891  Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1892  On January - 16 imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies   

1893  On this day in history johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74   

1898  On this day in history death of charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)   

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on January - 16.   

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on January - 16.   

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on January - 16.   

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)   

1634  On this day in history birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)