Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

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

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

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

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  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

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

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

1703  On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies   

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

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1768  Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on May - 16.   

1777  On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds   

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on May - 16.   

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  On this day in history alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75   

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

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

1835  Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies on May - 16.   

1847  On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59   

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

1863  Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1880  On May - 16 karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76   

1891  On this day in history 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 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 May - 16.   

1913  On May - 16 death of louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)   

1918  On May - 16 eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

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

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch