Famous Deaths In May - 16
Thursday, 28 March 2024
0942 On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
1265 On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
1434 On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1569 Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.
1620 On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)
1657 Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.
1667 Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.
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 May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 May - 16.
1790 Death of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720) on May - 16.
1805 Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on May - 16.
1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1829 On May - 16 william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56
1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on this day in history.
1835 On May - 16 felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1847 On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 on this day in history.
1863 Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
1880 On May - 16 karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76
1891 On May - 16 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 On May - 16 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 May - 16.
1918 On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64
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