Died on
Who died on September 16
108 figures who shaped history died on September 16.
- 108deaths
- 54events
Best known
Best known
Severus II
Roman emperor from 306 to 307
Pope Martin I
Bishop of Rome from 649 to 653/4
Pope Victor III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1086 to 1087
Pandulf Verraccio
13th-century Bishop of Norwich
Philip III of Navarre
King of Navarre from 1328 to 1343
John IV of Brittany
Duke of Brittany from 1365 to 1399
Severus II — Roman emperor from 306 to 307, who died on September 16 307.
Pope Martin I — Bishop of Rome from 649 to 653/4, who died on September 16 655.
Pope Victor III — Head of the Catholic Church from 1086 to 1087, who died on September 16 1087.
Pandulf Verraccio — 13th-century Bishop of Norwich, who died on September 16 1226.
Philip III of Navarre — King of Navarre from 1328 to 1343, who died on September 16 1343.
John IV of Brittany — Duke of Brittany from 1365 to 1399, who died on September 16 1345.
All entries
- 1100BBernold of ConstanceGerman chronicler (c.1054–1100)
- 1122
Vitalis of SavignyFrench catholic saint and preacher - 1360
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of NorthamptonEnglish nobleman (c. 1312 – 1360) - 1380
Charles V of FranceKing of France from 1364 to 1380 - 1394
Antipope Clement VIIAntipope from 1378 to 1394 - 1406
Cyprian, Metropolitan of KievMetropolitan of Kiev and All Rus' - 1498
Tomás de TorquemadaGrand Inquisitor of Spain - 1581PPeter NiersGerman serial killer (c. 1540–1581)
- 1583
Catherine JagiellonQueen of Sweden from 1568 to 1583 - 1589
Michael BaiusBelgian theologian - 1607
Mary Stuart (1605–1607)English-Scottish princess - 1672
Anne BradstreetAnglo-American poet - 1701
James II of EnglandKing of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 - 1736
Daniel Gabriel FahrenheitPhysicist and engineer - 1792
Quang Trung2nd emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty of Vietnam (r. 1788–92) - 1803
Nicolas BaudinFrench explorer - 1819
John JeffriesAmerican physician and scientist - 1824
Louis XVIIIKing of France from 1814 to 1824 - 1843
Ezekiel HartCanadian Jewish entrepreneur and politician - 1845
Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)Irish writer and activist
- 1865
Christian de MezaDanish general - 1887
Sakaigawa NamiemonJapanese sumo wrestler (born 1841) - 1896
Antônio Carlos GomesBrazilian composer - 1896
Pavlos KalligasGreek jurist, writer and politician
- 1898
Ramón Emeterio BetancesPuerto Rican independence advocate - 1911
Edward WhymperEnglish mountaineer - 1914
C. X. LarrabeeAmerican businessman - 1919
Maria NikiforovaUkrainian anarchist - 1925
Leo FallAustrian composer - 1925
Alexander FriedmannRussian and Soviet physicist and mathematician - 1931
Omar al-MukhtarLibyan resistance leader - 1932
Peg EntwistleBritish actress - 1932
Ronald RossBritish Indian medical doctor and Nobel laureate - 1933
George GoreAmerican baseball player - 1936
Jean-Baptiste CharcotFrench polar explorer, scientist, Olympic sailer and medical doctor - 1940
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron LamingtonEnglish politician and governor - 1944
Gustav BauerChancellor of Germany from 1919 to 1920 - 1945
John McCormack (tenor)Irish tenor - 1946
James JeansEnglish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician - 1950
Pedro de CordobaAmerican actor - 1955
Leo AmeryBritish Conservative politician - 1961
Hasan PolatkanTurkish politician - 1961
Fatin Rüştü ZorluTurkish politician - 1965
Ahn Eak-taiSouth Korean composer - 1965
Fred QuimbyAmerican animation producer - 1973
Víctor JaraChilean folk singer and activist - 1976
Bertha LutzBrazilian scientist and politician - 1977
Marc BolanEnglish guitarist and singer - 1977
Maria CallasAmerican and Greek soprano - 1980
Jean PiagetSwiss psychologist - 1984
Louis RéardFrench engineer and fashion designer - 1984RRichard BrautiganAmerican writer
- 1987
Christopher SoamesBritish politician - 1991
Olga SpessivtsevaRussian ballet dancer - 1992
Millicent FenwickAmerican politician - 1993
František JílekCzech conductor - 1993
Oodgeroo NoonuccalAboriginal Australian poet, artist, teacher and campaigner for Indigenous rights - 1996
McGeorge BundyAmerican diplomat and academic - 1996
Gene NelsonAmerican actor, dancer, screenwriter, director
- 2001
Samuel Z. ArkoffAmerican producer of B movies - 2002
James Gregory (actor)American actor - 2003
Sheb WooleyAmerican musician and actor
- 2004MMichael DonaghyAmerican poet
- 2005HHarry FreedmanCanadian musician
- 2005
Gordon GouldAmerican physicist
- 2006
Floyd CurryCanadian ice hockey player - 2006
Zsuzsa KörmöczyHungarian tennis player - 2007
Robert JordanAmerican fantasy writer - 2008NNorman WhitfieldAmerican musical artist and producer
- 2009
Myles BrandAmerican academic administrator - 2009EErnst MärzendorferAustrian conductor
- 2009
Mary TraversAmerican folk singer - 2010
George N. ParksAmerican conductor - 2010JJim TowersEnglish footballer
- 2011
Willie "Big Eyes" SmithAmerican blues vocalist, harmonica player and drummer - 2011EEnamul Haque ChowdhuryBangladeshi politician
- 2012RRoman KroitorCanadian filmmaker
- 2012
Julien J. LeBourgeois - 2012
Friedrich ZimmermannGerman politician - 2013SScott Adams (American football)American football player
- 2013RRatiba El-HefnyMusical artist
- 2013PPatsy SwayzeAmerican choreographer and dancer
- 2015
Guy BéartFrench singer and songwriter - 2015JJulio BradyU.S. Virgin Islands judge, politician and attorney
- 2015KKurt OppeltAustrian figure skater
- 2015AAllan WrightBritish flying ace
- 2016
Tarık AkanTurkish actor and film producer - 2016
Edward AlbeeAmerican playwright - 2016
Gabriele AmorthItalian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist - 2016
Carlo Azeglio CiampiPresident of Italy from 1999 to 2006 - 2016
W. P. KinsellaCanadian author - 2016GGérard Louis-DreyfusFrench-American businessman
- 2016
António Mascarenhas MonteiroPresident of Cape Verde from 1991 to 2001 - 2017
Marcelo RezendeBrazilian journalist and television presenter - 2017
Arjan SinghMarshal of the Indian Air Force - 2018
James B. ThayerUnited States Army general - 2019
H. S. DillonIndonesian politician - 2020
Maxim MartsinkevichRussian neo-Nazi activist - 2021
Jane PowellAmerican actress - 2021
Clive SinclairEnglish entrepreneur and inventor - 2024
Song BinbinChinese revolutionary - 2025
Robert RedfordAmerican actor and director
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 16?
108 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 16, including Severus II, Pope Martin I, Pope Victor III. 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.
What happened on September 16?
54 documented historical events happened on September 16, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical. On the same day, in another year: American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights on the island of Manhattan. 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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