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  On this day in history lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64  

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

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

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on June - 16.  

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on June - 16.  

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

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

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

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1623  On this day in history death of christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)  

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

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 June - 16 death of marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)  

1722  John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1749  On June - 16 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 June - 16.  

1779  Death of Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712) on June - 16.  

1792  On this day in history death of benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (b. 1738)  

1793  Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies on June - 16.  

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 June - 16.  

1815  Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle on June - 16.  

1824  On this day in history death of charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (b. 1739)  

1831  On June - 16 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  On June - 16 death of john Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)  

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

1866  On this day in history death of joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798)  

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

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

1514  On June - 16 birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)  

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on June - 16.  

1591  On this day in history birth of joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)  

1606  On this day in history birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)  

1613  On this day in history birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)  

1633  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer