Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16
Friday, 28 November 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 May - 16. 

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

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 this day in history. 

1669 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16. 

1691 Death of Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history. 

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

1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history. 

1762 On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 

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 Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on May - 16. 

1782 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1829 On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 

1830 On this day in history jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies 

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

1847 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history. 

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 Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on this day in history. 

1880 Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16. 

1891 Death of Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) on this day in history. 

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

1903 Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on May - 16. 

1904 On May - 16 n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies 

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

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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