Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

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

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

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

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies   

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 this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76   

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1777  On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds   

1778  Death of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) on May - 16.   

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

1829  On May - 16 william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56   

1830  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on May - 16.   

1835  On May - 16 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  Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on May - 16.   

1864  Death of Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered on this day in history.   

1880  Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.   

1891  On this day in history death of ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)   

1892  On May - 16 john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies   

1903  On May - 16 eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72   

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 May - 16 death of louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)   

1918  On May - 16 eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64   

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch