Famous Deaths In June - 16

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

1216  On June - 16 innocent III, pope, dies at 54  

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

1361  On June - 16 john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61  

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on this day in history.  

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  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 June - 16.  

1622  Death of Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555) on this day in history.  

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1623  Death of Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599) on this day in history.  

1644  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54 on June - 16.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1777  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709) on this day in history.  

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  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 June - 16.  

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

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

1812  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 on June - 16.  

1815  On this day in history 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 June - 16.  

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  On June - 16 death of john Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)  

1858  On this day in history death of john Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813)  

1866  Death of Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798) on June - 16.  

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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  On this day in history birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)  

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  Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

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