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  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  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  On this day in history death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded  

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on June - 16.  

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

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

1671  On June - 16 death of stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow  

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 June - 16 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 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  Death of Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (b. 1738) on this day in history.  

1793  On June - 16 louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies  

1804  On this day in history johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75  

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

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

1837  On this day in history valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

1850  Death of William Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (b. 1774) on June - 16.  

1855  Death of John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803) on June - 16.  

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  Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on this day in history.  

1591  On June - 16 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  John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.  

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