Famous Deaths In May - 16
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
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 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.
1569 On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
1620 On this day in history 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 May - 16.
1669 On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
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.
1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.
1762 On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86
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 May - 16 death of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)
1782 Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on May - 16.
1790 Death of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720) on May - 16.
1805 Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1819 On May - 16 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 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 this day in history.
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 May - 16.
1903 On May - 16 eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72
1904 On this day in history n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies
1910 On this day in history henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53
1913 Death of Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) on this day in history.
1918 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on this day in history.
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