Famous Deaths In May - 16
Thursday, 17 October 2024
0942 Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.
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 May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
1620 On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)
1657 Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.
1667 On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)
1669 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.
1691 On this day in history 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 On May - 16 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 this day in history 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 May - 16 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 May - 16.
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 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 16.
1862 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
1880 On May - 16 karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76
1891 On May - 16 death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)
1892 On May - 16 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64
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