Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

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

0429  On this day in history honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.   

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on this day in history.   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on January - 16.   

1545  On January - 16 death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  On January - 16 death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  On January - 16 death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)   

1585  Death of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512) on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies   

1659  Death of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) on January - 16.   

1703  Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1710  On January - 16 death of emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)   

1711  Death of Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) on January - 16.   

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

1748  Death of Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684) on January - 16.   

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

1752  On January - 16 death of francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)   

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56 on this day in history.   

1809  On January - 16 death of john Moore, British general (b. 1761)   

1817  Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1834  Death of Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

1842  Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1849  On January - 16 wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

1856  On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

1864  On this day in history anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68   

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

1879  On this day in history death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

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  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on this day in history.   

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on January - 16.   

1898  On January - 16 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 this day in history.   

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on this day in history.   

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

1501  On this day in history birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1616  On January - 16 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.