Famous Deaths Happened In June - 16
Monday, 02 February 2026
0956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history. 

1216 Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history. 

1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on June - 16. 

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 On June - 16 death of jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) 

1492 On this day in history death of jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded 

1575 On this day in history hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 

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

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 this day in history 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 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 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 on this day in history. 

1777 On this day in history 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 On June - 16 death of sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712) 

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 Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history. 

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

1812 On June - 16 franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 

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 this day in history. 

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

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 Death of John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803) on this day in history. 

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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