Famous Deaths In June - 16

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

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on June - 16.  

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 June - 16.  

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

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 June - 16.  

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

1651  On this day in history marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74  

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

1707  Death of Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625) on June - 16.  

1722  John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 on June - 16.  

1749  Death of Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672) on June - 16.  

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  Death of Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720) on June - 16.  

1779  On this day in history death of sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712)  

1792  On June - 16 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  On June - 16 johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75  

1808  Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1815  Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1831  On June - 16 joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64  

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

1850  On June - 16 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 June - 16 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  John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557) was born on June - 16.  

1583  On this day in history 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 June - 16 birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)  

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