Editing May 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[William Adams (sailor, born 1564)|William Adams]], English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[Andrew Bobola]], Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (b. 1607)
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[Pietro da Cortona]], Italian painter and architect, designed the [[Santi Luca e Martina]] (b. 1596)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Jacob Leisler]], German-American politician, 8th [[List of colonial governors of New York|Colonial Governor of New York]] (b. 1640)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Mariana of Austria]], Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Charles Perrault]], French author and academic (b. 1628)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (b. 1718)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire]] (b. 1720)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Matthew Lewis (writer)|Matthew Lewis]], English author and playwright (b. 1775)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Grace Elliott]], Scottish courtesan and spy (b. {{Circa|1754}})<ref>{{cite web |title=On this day 1823: Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy, dies |url=https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/on-this-day-1823-grace-elliott-scottish-courtesan-and-spy-dies-1-4928884 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=16 May 2019 |access-date=14 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Joseph Fourier]], French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[John Stevens Henslow]], British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to [[Charles Darwin]] (b. 1796)<ref name="Repository 2012">{{cite web | last=Repository | first=Canton | title=Food history: Henslow's genius saved many lives | website=The Repository | date=2012-05-16 | url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/lifestyle/food/2012/05/16/food-history-henslow-s-genius/42591461007/ | access-date=2022-12-15}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Edward Gibbon Wakefield]], English politician (b. 1796)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Reuben Chapman]], American lawyer and politician, 13th [[Governor of Alabama]] (b. 1799)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Mihkel Veske]], Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Ion C. Brătianu]], Romanian politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. 1821)