Famous Deaths Happened In April - 16

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

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

0924  On this day in history 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 April - 16 svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]   

1118  Death of Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily on April - 16.   

1198  Death of Duke Frederick I of Austria on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1619  Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies on April - 16.   

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  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 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 April - 16 death of georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707)   

1825  On this day in history 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  On April - 16 domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83   

1850  On this day in history marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies   

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

1859  On April - 16 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 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  On April - 16 augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83   

1879  On this day in history bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France   

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

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

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

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

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

1319  On April - 16 birth of king John II of France (d. 1364)   

1495  On April - 16 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  Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter was born on April - 16.   

1646  On this day in history birth of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)   

1648  On this day in history birth of john Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)   

1652  On this day in history birth of clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)