Jun 5 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76 Jun 6 Christiane Vulpius, German lover then wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, dies at 51 Jun 12 Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (Coup of 18 Fructidor), dies at 58 May 1816 Famous Deaths by Year Jul 1816 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide