Best known
Best known
Valentinian III
Western Roman emperor from 425 to 455
Heribert of Cologne
German prelate
Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen
Archbishop of Bremen from 1043 to 1072
Henry I of Champagne
Count of Champagne from 1152 to 1181
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
King of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185
Joan of Ponthieu
Queen of Castile and León from 1237 to 1252
Valentinian III — Western Roman emperor from 425 to 455, who died on March 16 455.
Heribert of Cologne — German prelate, who died on March 16 1021.
Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen — Archbishop of Bremen from 1043 to 1072, who died on March 16 1072.
Henry I of Champagne — Count of Champagne from 1152 to 1181, who died on March 16 1181.
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem — King of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185, who died on March 16 1185.
Joan of Ponthieu — Queen of Castile and León from 1237 to 1252, who died on March 16 1279.
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30sFourth decade of the first century AD - 455
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- 933TTakin al-Khazari10th-century Abbasid governor of Egypt
- 943PPi GuangyeChinese statesman
- 1405
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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of SomersetEnglish nobleman and politician (c. 1373–1410) - 1457
Ladislaus HunyadiHungarian nobleman - 1485
Anne NevilleQueen of England from 1483 to 1485 - 1559
Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland)16th-century English politician - 1649
Jean de BrébeufFrench Jesuit missionary and martyr - 1679
John LeverettGovernor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and Nova Scotia - 1698
Leonora Christina UlfeldtDanish noble and writer - 1721
James Craggs the ElderBritish politician - 1736
Giovanni Battista PergolesiItalian composer, violinist and organist - 1737
Benjamin Wadsworth (clergyman)President of Harvard College - 1738
George BährGerman architect - 1747
Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-ZerbstPrince of Anhalt-Zerbst - 1804
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Nathaniel BowditchAmerican astronomer and mathematician - 1841
Félix SavartFrench physicist - 1868
David Wilmot (politician)American politician and judge - 1884AArt CroftAmerican baseball player
- 1888
Hippolyte CarnotFrench statesman - 1892
Samuel F. Miller19th century American politician - 1898
Aubrey BeardsleyEnglish illustrator and author - 1899
Joseph MedillAmerican newspaper editor, publisher, and politician - 1903
Roy BeanAmerican judge (c. 1825 – 1903) - 1907
John O'Leary (Fenian)Irish separatist and leading Fenian - 1912
Max BurckhardTheatre director - 1914
Gaston CalmetteFrench journalist and newspaper editor - 1914
Charles Albert GobatSwiss politician, lawyer and educational administrator - 1914
John Murray (oceanographer)British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist - 1925
August von WassermannGerman bacteriologist and hygienist - 1930
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- 1968
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Tammi TerrellAmerican singer-songwriter - 1971
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Thomas E. DeweyAmerican politician - 1972
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- 1988
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- 1991
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- 1994
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- 1999
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- 2004
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- 2005
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- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2018
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118 people with a Wikipedia article died on March 16, including Valentinian III, Heribert of Cologne, Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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54 documented historical events happened on March 16, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah. On the same day, in another year: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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