Famous Deaths Happened In April - 16
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
0069 On this day in history death of otho, Roman Emperor (b. 32)
0744 On April - 16 death of al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph
0924 Death of Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy on this day in history.
1113 Death of Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050) on this day in history.
1115 Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113] on this day in history.
1118 On April - 16 death of adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily
1198 Death of Duke Frederick I of Austria on April - 16.
1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies on this day in history.
1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 on this day in history.
1529 Death of Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake on April - 16.
1619 On this day in history denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies
1645 On this day in history death of tobias Hume, English composer
1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history death of aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640)
1743 On this day in history cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69
1756 Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1760 On April - 16 death of laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
1783 Death of Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (b. 1719) on this day in history.
1788 Death of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707) on April - 16.
1825 John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84 on April - 16.
1828 On April - 16 francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82
1846 On April - 16 domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83
1850 On April - 16 marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies
1858 On this day in history johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87
1859 On this day in history death of alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805)
1860 On this day in history carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies
1865 On April - 16 robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1870 Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies on this day in history.
1876 On April - 16 augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83
1879 Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France on April - 16.
1881 On April - 16 george William Martin, composer, dies at 56
1888 Death of Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845) on this day in history.
1899 Death of Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875) on April - 16.
1904 On this day in history death of maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888)
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