Famous Deaths In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.  

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.  

1691  Death of Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history.  

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.  

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1754  On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1762  On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86  

1768  Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on May - 16.  

1777  On May - 16 button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds  

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on May - 16.  

1782  On May - 16 daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies  

1790  On May - 16 death of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)  

1805  On May - 16 christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68  

1819  On May - 16 alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75  

1829  On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56  

1830  On this day in history jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies  

1835  On May - 16 felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies  

1847  On May - 16 kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59  

1862  On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40  

1863  On this day in history lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

1864  On this day in history death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered  

1880  On this day in history karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76  

1891  On this day in history death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)  

1892  On May - 16 john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies  

1903  Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on May - 16.  

1904  N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53  

1913  Death of Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) on May - 16.  

1918  On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64  

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.  

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.  

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch