Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 16.   

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.   

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  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.   

1778  On May - 16 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  Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on May - 16.   

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 this day in history felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies   

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

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

1864  On May - 16 death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered   

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

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  On this day in history n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies   

1910  On May - 16 henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53   

1913  Death of Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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

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

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

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

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