Famous Deaths Happened In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.   

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45   

1559  On this day in history death of anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)   

1620  On March - 16 death of st. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing   

1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1649  Death of St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593) on this day in history.   

1679  Death of John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) on March - 16.   

1721  On this day in history death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)   

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on March - 16.   

1737  Death of Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670) on March - 16.   

1738  On this day in history georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72   

1747  On this day in history death of christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)   

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on March - 16.   

1806  Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1819  Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 on March - 16.   

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on March - 16.   

1841  On this day in history félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49   

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1867  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 16 william Banting, English undertaker, dies   

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

1888  Death of Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) on March - 16.   

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 16 death of samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)   

1898  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

1899  Death of Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) on March - 16.   

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.   

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.