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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1529  Death of Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake on April - 16.  

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

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  On April - 16 jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79  

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 April - 16.  

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

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

1828  On this day in history francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82  

1846  Domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

1858  On April - 16 johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87  

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

1860  On April - 16 carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies  

1865  On this day in history robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

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 this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history george William Martin, composer, dies at 56  

1888  On April - 16 death of zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845)  

1899  Death of Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875) on this day in history.  

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

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0778  King Louis the Pious (d. 840) was born on April - 16.  

1319  On this day in history birth of king John II of France (d. 1364)  

1495  Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557) was born on April - 16.  

1628  On April - 16 birth of cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand  

1635  Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.