Famous Deaths In May - 16
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
0942 Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.
1265 On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
1434 On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1569 Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.
1620 Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.
1657 Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.
1667 Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.
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 this day in history.
1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1762 On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86
1768 On May - 16 cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
1777 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on May - 16.
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 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 May - 16.
1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56
1830 On May - 16 jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies
1835 On this day in history felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1847 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 16.
1862 On May - 16 lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40
1863 On this day in history lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47
1864 Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on this day in history.
1880 Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1891 Death of Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) on May - 16.
1892 On this day in history john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies
1903 On May - 16 eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72
1904 N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on May - 16.
1910 On this day in history 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 Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on May - 16.
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