Famous Deaths In May - 16

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

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.  

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.  

1657  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

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

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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  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on May - 16.  

1778  On this day in history death of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)  

1782  On this day in history daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies  

1790  Death of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1805  Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on May - 16.  

1819  On this day in history alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75  

1829  William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

1864  On May - 16 death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64  

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1558  On this day in history 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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.  

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

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