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 June - 16.  

1361  John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 on June - 16.  

1397  On this day in history death of philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)  

1468  On June - 16 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 June - 16 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  Death of Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555) on June - 16.  

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1623  On this day in history death of christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)  

1644  On June - 16 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 June - 16 death of marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)  

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

1749  On June - 16 death of johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)  

1752  Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 on June - 16.  

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

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

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

1812  On this day in history franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23  

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 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  On this day in history death of john Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)  

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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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  On June - 16 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  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.  

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 June - 16.  

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer