Famous Deaths In April - 16

0069  Death of Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) on April - 16.   

0744  On this day in history death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph   

0924  Death of Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy on April - 16.   

1113  On April - 16 death of sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)   

1115  Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] on this day in history.   

1118  On April - 16 death of adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily   

1198  Death of Duke Frederick I of Austria on April - 16.   

1446  Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on April - 16.   

1496  On April - 16 david van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69   

1529  On April - 16 death of louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake   

1619  On April - 16 denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies   

1645  On April - 16 death of tobias Hume, English composer   

1687  On this day in history george Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59   

1689  On April - 16 death of aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640)   

1743  Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1756  Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history death of laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward   

1783  On this day in history death of christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (b. 1719)   

1788  Death of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707) on this day in history.   

1825  On April - 16 john Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84   

1828  Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82 on April - 16.   

1846  Domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83 on April - 16.   

1850  Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87   

1859  Death of Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1860  Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies on this day in history.   

1865  Robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on April - 16.   

1870  Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies on April - 16.   

1876  Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83 on April - 16.   

1879  Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France on April - 16.   

1881  George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history death of zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845)   

1899  On April - 16 death of emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875)   

1904  Death of Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888) on April - 16.   

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0778  On this day in history birth of king Louis the Pious (d. 840)   

1319  King John II of France (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand   

1635  On April - 16 birth of frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter   

1646  On April - 16 birth of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)   

1648  On April - 16 birth of john Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)   

1652  Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40) was born on April - 16.