Famous Deaths In May - 16

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  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  

1657  On May - 16 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 this day in history.  

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

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.  

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

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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

1790  Death of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720) on May - 16.  

1805  On May - 16 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  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

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  Death of Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) on May - 16.  

1892  On May - 16 john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies  

1903  Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on May - 16.  

1904  On May - 16 n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1918  On May - 16 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  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  

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

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch