Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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 May - 16.
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 May - 16.
1667 On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)
1669 On this day in history 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 May - 16 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 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on May - 16.
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 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 this day in history.
1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56
1830 On May - 16 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 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 on this day in history.
1863 On May - 16 lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47
1864 On May - 16 death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
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 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 On May - 16 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 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on May - 16.
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