Famous Deaths In May - 16
Saturday, 27 July 2024
0942 Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.
1265 On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
1434 On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1569 Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.
1620 On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)
1657 Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.
1667 Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.
1669 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.
1691 On May - 16 death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1703 Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.
1754 On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76
1762 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.
1768 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on this day in history.
1777 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on May - 16.
1778 Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1829 On May - 16 william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56
1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on May - 16.
1835 On this day in history felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1847 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
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 Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
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 May - 16.
1903 Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on May - 16.
1904 N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on this day in history.
1910 On May - 16 henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53
1913 On May - 16 death of louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)
1918 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on this day in history.
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