Famous Deaths In May - 16

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  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 this day in history.  

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on this day in history.  

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1754  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1777  On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds  

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

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 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  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies  

1847  On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59  

1862  On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40  

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  On this day in history karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76  

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

1910  Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 on May - 16.  

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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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 May - 16.  

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.  

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

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

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.