Famous Deaths Happened In April - 16
Monday, 27 October 2025
0069 On April - 16 death of otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32) 

0744 Death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph on this day in history. 

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 April - 16 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 On this day in history death of duke Frederick I of Austria 

1446 On this day in history filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies 

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

1529 On this day in history death of louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake 

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

1645 Death of Tobias Hume, English composer on this day in history. 

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

1689 On April - 16 death of aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640) 

1743 On this day in history cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 

1756 Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 on this day in history. 

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

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 On April - 16 john Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84 

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

1846 On this day in history 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 April - 16. 

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

1881 George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history. 

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

1899 On this day in history 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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