Famous Deaths Happened In March - 16

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

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

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.   

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

1485  On this day in history death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.   

1559  Death of Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) on this day in history.   

1620  Death of St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing on March - 16.   

1629  Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1649  On March - 16 death of st. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)   

1679  Death of John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) on this day in history.   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1736  Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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

1738  On March - 16 georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72   

1747  Death of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) on this day in history.   

1804  Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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

1838  On this day in history nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64   

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1843  On March - 16 anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65   

1867  On March - 16 benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33   

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

1881  On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

1887  On March - 16 emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

1888  On March - 16 death of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)   

1890  Death of Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) on March - 16.   

1892  Death of Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.   

1899  On this day in history death of joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)   

1903  Death of Roy Bean, American jurist on March - 16.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

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

1473  On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

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 this day in history.