Famous Deaths In May - 16

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

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

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

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

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1754  On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1762  On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86  

1768  Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on this day in history.  

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

1778  On this day in history death of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)  

1782  Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 16.  

1862  On May - 16 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  Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on May - 16.  

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  John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies on May - 16.  

1903  On May - 16 eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72  

1904  N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on May - 16.  

1910  Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.  

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

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

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.