Famous Deaths In May - 16

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.  

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  

1691  On May - 16 death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

1703  On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

1754  On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.  

1768  On this day in history cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81  

1777  On May - 16 button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds  

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1782  On this day in history daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies  

1790  On this day in history death of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)  

1805  Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on May - 16.  

1819  On this day in history alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75  

1829  On May - 16 william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56  

1830  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

1835  On May - 16 felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies  

1847  On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59  

1862  On May - 16 lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40  

1863  Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on May - 16.  

1864  On this day in history death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered  

1880  Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)  

1892  On May - 16 john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies  

1903  Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on May - 16.  

1904  N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on May - 16.  

1910  On this day in history henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53  

1913  Death of Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) on May - 16.  

1918  On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64  

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.  

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch