Famous Deaths In May - 16

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 May - 16.  

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1620  On May - 16 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 this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies  

1691  On this day in history death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

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

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  On this day in history cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81  

1777  On May - 16 button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds  

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on May - 16.  

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

1829  On May - 16 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  On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40  

1863  Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on May - 16.  

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  John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies on this day in history.  

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

1904  N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1913  On this day in history 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 May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

1641  On May - 16 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.