Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history 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 May - 16.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies   

1691  On this day in history death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.   

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  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  On May - 16 death of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)   

1805  On May - 16 christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68   

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 this day in history.   

1835  On May - 16 felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies   

1847  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 16.   

1862  On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40   

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

1864  On this day in history death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered   

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

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  On this day in history eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72   

1904  N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on May - 16.   

1910  Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1913  Death of Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) on May - 16.   

1918  On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.