Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16
Friday, 18 July 2025
0942 On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
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 On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
1620 On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)
1657 On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1667 On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)
1669 On May - 16 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 this day in history 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 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 On this day in history daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies
1790 On this day in history death of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
1805 On this day in history christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
1819 On May - 16 alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75
1829 On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56
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 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 on May - 16.
1863 On this day in history lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47
1864 Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on May - 16.
1880 Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.
1891 On May - 16 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 May - 16.
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 this day in history.
1918 On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64
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