Famous Deaths In May - 16

0942  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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 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  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 this day in history death of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)   

1805  On this day in history christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68   

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  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 May - 16.   

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

1891  On May - 16 death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)   

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

1903  Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)   

1918  On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.