Famous Deaths In April - 16

0069  Death of Otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) on this day in history.  

0744  Death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph on April - 16.  

0924  Death of Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy on this day in history.  

1113  Death of Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050) on April - 16.  

1115  On this day in history svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]  

1118  Death of Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily on this day in history.  

1198  On April - 16 death of duke Frederick I of Austria  

1446  Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on this day in history.  

1496  David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

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

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1619  Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies on this day in history.  

1645  Death of Tobias Hume, English composer on April - 16.  

1687  George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 on April - 16.  

1689  Death of Aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640) on April - 16.  

1743  On April - 16 cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69  

1756  Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 on April - 16.  

1760  Death of Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward on this day in history.  

1783  Death of Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

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

1825  On this day in history john Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84  

1828  On April - 16 francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82  

1846  On April - 16 domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83  

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

1858  Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1859  Death of Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805) on April - 16.  

1860  Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies on April - 16.  

1865  On April - 16 robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

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

1876  On April - 16 augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83  

1879  On April - 16 bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France  

1881  On April - 16 george William Martin, composer, dies at 56  

1888  Death of Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845) on this day in history.  

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

1904  Death of Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888) on this day in history.  

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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 April - 16.  

1495  On this day in history birth of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)  

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  John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre) was born on this day in history.  

1652  On April - 16 birth of clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)