Famous Deaths Happened In April - 16
Thursday, 11 December 2025
0069 On April - 16 death of otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) 

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

0924 On this day in history death of berengar of Friuli, King of Italy 

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 April - 16. 

1118 On this day in history death of adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily 

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

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

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

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

1687 On April - 16 george Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 

1689 On this day in history death of aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640) 

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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history. 

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

1850 Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies on April - 16. 

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

1859 On this day in history death of alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805) 

1860 On this day in history carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies 

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

1870 On April - 16 anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies 

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

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 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 On April - 16 death of maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888) 

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