16 September Deaths

Published : 16 Sep 2017, 10:19

Jagoroniya Desk

September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Deaths

307 – Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor
655 – Pope Martin I
1087 – Pope Victor III (b. 1026)
1100 – Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (b. 1054)
1226 – Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician
1343 – Philip III of Navarre (b. 1306)
1345 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
1360 – William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1319)
1380 – Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1394 – Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)
1406 – Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
1498 – Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (b. 1420)
1581 – Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
1583 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John II of Sweden (b. 1526)
1589 – Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1513)
1607 – Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (b. 1605)
1672 – Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)
1701 – James II of England (b. 1633)
1736 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
1792 – Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
1803 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
1819 – John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
1824 – Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
1843 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
1845 – Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
1865 – Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
1887 – Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
1896 – Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
1896 – Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
1898 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
1911 – Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
1914 – C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
1925 – Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
1925 – Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
1931 – Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
1932 – Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1933 – George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
1936 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
1940 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
1944 – Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
1945 – John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
1946 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
1950 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
1955 – Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
1961 – Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
1961 – Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
1965 – Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
1965 – Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
1973 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
1976 – Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
1977 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
1977 – Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
1980 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
1984 – Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)
1984 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1935)
1987 – Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1920)
1991 – Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
1993 – František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
1993 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
1996 – McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
1996 – Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (b. 1920)
2001 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (b. 1918)
2002 – James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
2003 – Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
2004 – Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (b. 1954)
2005 – Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
2005 – Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (b. 1920)
2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
2007 – Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (b. 1948)
2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2009 – Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)
2009 – Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
2009 – Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2010 – George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)
2010 – Jim Towers, English footballer (b. 1933)
2011 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (b. 1936)
2012 – Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (b. 1926)
2012 – Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (b. 1923)
2012 – Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (b. 1925)
2013 – Scott Adams, American football player (b. 1966)
2013 – Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (b. 1931)
2013 – Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)
2014 – H. M. Fowler American sergeant and politician (b. 1918)
2015 – Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2015 – Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1942)
2015 – Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (b. 1932)
2015 – Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (b. 1920)
2016 – Edward Albee, American director and playwright (b. 1928)
2016 – Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
2016 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
2016 – W. P. Kinsella, American novelist (b. 1935)
2016 – António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
2016 – Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (b. 1932)

Source: wikipedia

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