Famous Deaths In May - 16
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0942 On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
1265 Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.
1434 On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1569 On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
1620 Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.
1657 On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1667 Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.
1669 On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
1691 Death of Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on May - 16.
1703 On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
1754 On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76
1762 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.
1768 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on this day in history.
1777 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.
1778 On May - 16 death of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)
1782 Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on May - 16.
1790 On May - 16 death of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
1805 Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on May - 16.
1819 On May - 16 alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75
1829 William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1830 On May - 16 jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies
1835 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history 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 Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.
1891 On this day in history death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)
1892 John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies on May - 16.
1903 On this day in history eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72
1904 On May - 16 n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies
1910 Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 on May - 16.
1913 Death of Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) on this day in history.
1918 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on May - 16.
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