Historical Events In May - 16
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0942 Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.
0955 Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on May - 16.
1165 Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on this day in history.
1204 Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire on this day in history.
1434 On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1527 Florence becomes a republic on May - 16.
1532 On May - 16 sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor
1547 Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on May - 16.
1558 On May - 16 andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)
1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on May - 16.
1569 Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.
1571 On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM
1571 On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
1584 On May - 16 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal
1605 Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on May - 16.
1606 On this day in history 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia
1609 On this day in history ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
1641 On this day in history dudley North, financier/economist
1648 On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir
1648 Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.
1648 Battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.
1659 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.
1669 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.
1691 On May - 16 jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1703 On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
1747 On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands
1747 On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth
1748 On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch
1754 On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76
1761 On this day in history john Opie, artist
1762 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1763 Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on this day in history.
1763 On May - 16 james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson
1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) on May - 16.
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