Famous Deaths Happened In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.   

1265  On May - 16 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  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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 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  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.   

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  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 May - 16 jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies   

1835  Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59   

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

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

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

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  Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 on May - 16.   

1913  Death of Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849) on May - 16.   

1918  Eusapia Palladino, Napolitan, dies at 64 on May - 16.   

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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  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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

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