Famous Deaths In June - 16

0956  Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies on this day in history.   

1216  Innocent III, pope, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1246  Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 on June - 16.   

1361  On this day in history john Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61   

1397  Death of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) on June - 16.   

1468  Death of Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) on June - 16.   

1492  Death of Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded on June - 16.   

1575  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1620  Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies on June - 16.   

1622  On June - 16 death of alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)   

1623  On this day in history death of christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)   

1644  On June - 16 johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54   

1651  On June - 16 marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74   

1671  On this day in history death of stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow   

1707  On this day in history death of marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)   

1722  On this day in history john Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72   

1749  Death of Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672) on June - 16.   

1752  Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1777  On June - 16 death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)   

1778  Death of Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720) on June - 16.   

1779  Death of Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712) on June - 16.   

1792  On this day in history death of benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (b. 1738)   

1793  On June - 16 louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies   

1804  Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1808  Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 on June - 16.   

1812  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 on June - 16.   

1815  On this day in history frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle   

1824  On June - 16 death of charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (b. 1739)   

1831  On this day in history joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64   

1837  On June - 16 valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72   

1850  Death of William Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (b. 1774) on June - 16.   

1855  On this day in history death of john Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)   

1858  Death of John Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1866  On June - 16 death of joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798)   

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1139  On this day in history birth of emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)   

1332  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On June - 16 birth of john Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)   

1583  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent was born on June - 16.   

1591  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on June - 16.   

1606  On June - 16 birth of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)   

1613  On June - 16 birth of john Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)   

1633  On June - 16 birth of nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer