Famous Deaths In June - 16

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.  

1216  On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54  

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on this day in history.  

1361  On this day in history john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61  

1397  On this day in history death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)  

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on this day in history.  

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on this day in history.  

1575  On June - 16 hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63  

1620  Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies on June - 16.  

1622  Death of Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555) on this day in history.  

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1623  Death of Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599) on June - 16.  

1644  On June - 16 johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54  

1651  Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1671  On June - 16 death of stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow  

1707  On this day in history death of marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)  

1722  On this day in history john Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72  

1749  On this day in history death of johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)  

1752  On June - 16 giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88  

1777  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709) on June - 16.  

1778  Death of Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1779  Death of Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712) on this day in history.  

1792  On June - 16 death of benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (b. 1738)  

1793  On June - 16 louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies  

1804  On this day in history johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75  

1808  Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 on June - 16.  

1812  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle  

1824  On June - 16 death of charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (b. 1739)  

1831  On this day in history joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64  

1837  Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1850  Death of William Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (b. 1774) on June - 16.  

1855  On June - 16 death of john Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)  

1858  Death of John Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813) on this day in history.  

1866  Death of Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798) on this day in history.  

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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on this day in history.  

1332  On this day in history birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)  

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on this day in history.  

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.  

1606  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1613  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on June - 16.  

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer