Famous Deaths In May - 16

0942  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  

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 May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

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  On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

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1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.  

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.  

1768  On May - 16 cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81  

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  On May - 16 christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68  

1819  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on May - 16.  

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

1847  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered  

1880  Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1891  On May - 16 death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)  

1892  On this day in history john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies  

1903  On May - 16 eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72  

1904  On May - 16 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  On this day in history death of louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)  

1918  Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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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  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.  

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.