Famous Deaths In June - 16

0956  On this day in history hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies  

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  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16.  

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on June - 16.  

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  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.  

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

1622  On this day in history death of alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)  

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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 this day in history johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54  

1651  Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74 on June - 16.  

1671  Death of Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1752  Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 on June - 16.  

1777  On June - 16 death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

1778  On June - 16 death of konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1804  Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75 on June - 16.  

1808  On June - 16 georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60  

1812  On this day in history franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23  

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  Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64 on June - 16.  

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

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 June - 16.  

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 June - 16 birth of isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)  

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

1583  On June - 16 birth of axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent  

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on June - 16.  

1606  On June - 16 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  Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer was born on this day in history.