Famous Deaths In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.  

1620  On this day in history 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  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.  

1691  On May - 16 death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

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

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1754  On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

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 this day in history.  

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1782  Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on this day in history.  

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  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1829  William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 on May - 16.  

1830  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

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  On May - 16 lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40  

1863  On May - 16 lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

1864  Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on May - 16.  

1880  On this day in history karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76  

1891  On May - 16 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  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  Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 on May - 16.  

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch