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  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.  

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.  

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  

1691  On May - 16 death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

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

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1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1768  On May - 16 cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81  

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 this day in history.  

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

1790  On this day in history 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  On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56  

1830  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

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  Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.  

1864  Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on May - 16.  

1880  Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.  

1891  On May - 16 death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)  

1892  John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies on this day in history.  

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

1904  On this day in history n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies  

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

1913  On May - 16 death of louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)  

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

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.  

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.  

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.  

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

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

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch