Famous Deaths In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.  

1265  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1703  On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

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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  On this day in history cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81  

1777  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on May - 16.  

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  On this day in history christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68  

1819  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on May - 16.  

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

1830  On May - 16 jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies  

1835  Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies on this day in history.  

1847  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1880  On May - 16 karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76  

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

1892  On this day in history john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies  

1903  Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

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