Famous Deaths In May - 16
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
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.
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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