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 June - 16.  

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

1575  On this day in history 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  On June - 16 death of alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)  

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

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

1749  Death of Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672) on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88  

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  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 June - 16.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1831  Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1837  On June - 16 valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

1850  On June - 16 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  Death of John Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813) on this day in history.  

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

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1139  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on June - 16.  

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 June - 16.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer