Historical Events In May - 16

1875  Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000 on May - 16.   

1877  May 16, 1877 political crisis in France on May - 16.   

1878  On May - 16 taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)   

1879  On May - 16 treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English   

1879  On May - 16 antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dancing," premieres   

1880  Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) on May - 16.   

1880  On this day in history karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76   

1881  World's first elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history world's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)   

1882  On this day in history 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00   

1884  10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25 on this day in history.   

1887  On May - 16 bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)   

1888  On May - 16 cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia   

1888  On this day in history cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC   

1889  Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft) on this day in history.   

1891  George A Hormel & Company introduce Spam on this day in history.   

1891  George A Hormel & Co introduce Spam on May - 16.   

1892  On this day in history coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)   

1892  John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies on May - 16.   

1893  On this day in history jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)   

1894  Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings on May - 16.   

1897  On May - 16 walther Geiser, composer   

1898  On May - 16 august de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP)   

1901  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG) on this day in history.   

1902  2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 on May - 16.   

1902  Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie) on May - 16.   

1903  On this day in history 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann)   

1903  Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on May - 16.   

1904  On May - 16 hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)   

1904  On this day in history n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies   

1905  The birth of Henry Fonda, American oscar winning film actor on this day in history.   

1905  H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia) on this day in history.   

1906  Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas) on this day in history.   

1907  Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932) on May - 16.   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.   

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

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   

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  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.