Famous Deaths In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.  

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

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

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

1703  On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

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1754  On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1762  On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86  

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

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 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 May - 16 jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies  

1835  Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies on this day in history.  

1847  On May - 16 kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59  

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 on May - 16.  

1863  Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on May - 16.  

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

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

1891  Death of Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) on May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  

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

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  On May - 16 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 May - 16.