Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16
Friday, 11 July 2025
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 On this day in history 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 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.
1691 On May - 16 death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1703 On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
1754 On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76
1762 On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86
1768 On May - 16 cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
1777 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.
1778 Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on this day in history.
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 William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on May - 16.
1835 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
1862 On May - 16 lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40
1863 Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on May - 16.
1864 Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on May - 16.
1880 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1913 On this day in history 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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