Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 16
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
1882 On this day in history death of mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (b. 1818) 

1886 On this day in history ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies 

1887 On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 

1889 On this day in history michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 

1890 On July - 16 gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies 

1896 On July - 16 edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 

1897 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies on July - 16. 

1915 On this day in history death of ellen White, American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1827) 

1916 On July - 16 ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies 

1917 On this day in history ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 

1923 Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1931 Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies on this day in history. 

1939 On this day in history beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies 

1944 Death of John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed on this day in history. 

1949 On July - 16 death of vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (b. 1866) 

1953 On July - 16 joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 

1955 Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise Courtenay], Belgian princess, dies at 81 on July - 16. 

1960 On this day in history albrecht von Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Italy), dies at 74 

1961 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88 on this day in history. 

1962 Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies on this day in history. 

1971 H T Tsiang, dies at 65 on this day in history. 

1972 Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65 on July - 16. 

1973 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91 on July - 16. 

1976 Death of Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat assassinated in 1976 by the Chilean DINA on July - 16. 

1979 James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93 on this day in history. 

1981 On July - 16 harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38 

1982 On July - 16 leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies 

1984 Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1985 On this day in history wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 

1989 On this day in history herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 

1990 Death of Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (b. 1927) on this day in history. 

1991 On this day in history cornelis Z Forster, [Da Kuneisi], Suriname granman/gaanman, dies 

1992 On July - 16 "Gorgeous" George, [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84 

1994 On July - 16 m Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78 

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