Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.   

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.   

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies   

1691  Death of Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on May - 16.   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.   

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.   

1762  On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86   

1768  On this day in history cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81   

1777  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.   

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

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 May - 16 alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75   

1829  On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56   

1830  On this day in history 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 May - 16 lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40   

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

1891  Death of Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821) on May - 16.   

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 May - 16 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 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 May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

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  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch