Famous Deaths In June - 16

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on June - 16.  

1216  On this day in history innocent III, pope, dies at 54  

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

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on this day in history.  

1468  On this day in history death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)  

1492  On June - 16 death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded  

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies  

1622  On June - 16 death of alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)  

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1623  Death of Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599) on this day in history.  

1644  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1651  On June - 16 marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74  

1671  Death of Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow on June - 16.  

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  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

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 June - 16.  

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

1793  On this day in history louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies  

1804  Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60  

1812  On June - 16 franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23  

1815  On June - 16 frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle  

1824  Death of Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (b. 1739) on June - 16.  

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

1837  Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 on June - 16.  

1850  On this day in history death of william Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (b. 1774)  

1855  Death of John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803) on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history death of john Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813)  

1866  Death of Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798) on June - 16.  

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1139  On this day in history birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)  

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.  

1514  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on June - 16.  

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  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)  

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

1633  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.