Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

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  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  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies   

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

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

1777  On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds   

1778  On May - 16 death of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)   

1782  On this day in history 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  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  Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies on this day in history.   

1847  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 on May - 16.   

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

1891  On May - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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