Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16
Sunday, 06 July 2025
0942 On May - 16 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 May - 16.
1569 On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
1620 Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.
1657 Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.
1667 Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.
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 May - 16 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 May - 16 daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies
1790 On this day in history death of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
1805 Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on May - 16.
1829 On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56
1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on May - 16.
1835 On this day in history felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1847 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 on May - 16.
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 May - 16 karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76
1891 Death of Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies
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 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on May - 16.
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