Famous Deaths In April - 16

0069  On April - 16 death of otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32)  

0744  On April - 16 death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph  

0924  On April - 16 death of berengar of Friuli, King of Italy  

1113  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily  

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

1446  On April - 16 filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies  

1496  David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 on April - 16.  

1529  On this day in history 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 April - 16.  

1645  On this day in history death of tobias Hume, English composer  

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

1689  Death of Aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

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  On April - 16 death of laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward  

1783  On April - 16 death of christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (b. 1719)  

1788  On this day in history death of georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707)  

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

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

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

1850  On April - 16 marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies  

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  On this day in history carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1888  Death of Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845) on April - 16.  

1899  On this day in history death of emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875)  

1904  On this day in history death of maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888)  

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

1628  Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand was born on April - 16.  

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

1646  Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.  

1648  John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre) was born on April - 16.  

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