Famous Birthdays In July - 16

1194  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on July - 16.  

1571  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1611  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

1704  On July - 16 birth of john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle  

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.  

1715  Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1723  Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity) was born on this day in history.  

1725  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer was born on July - 16.  

1728  Henri Moreau, composer was born on July - 16.  

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1746  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres)  

1796  Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter was born on this day in history.  

1821  Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (Science & Health) was born on this day in history.  

1822  Luigi Arditi, violinist/composer was born on this day in history.  

1823  James Isham Gilbert, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1829  Robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.  

1834  Carlo Angeloni, composer was born on July - 16.  

1834  Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914) was born on July - 16.  

1839  Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist was born on July - 16.  

1848  On this day in history birth of henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)  

1855  On July - 16 birth of charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer  

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer was born on July - 16.  

1860  On July - 16 birth of jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist  

1862  On this day in history birth of ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist  

1865  On this day in history birth of george A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist  

1870  On this day in history birth of lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (d. 1956)  

1872  Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole was born on this day in history.  

1877  Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit) was born on July - 16.  

1882  Edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) was born on this day in history.  

1882  Felix Locher, Switzerland, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter) was born on July - 16.  

1884  On July - 16 birth of anna Vyrubova, Russian memoirist (d. 1964)  

1887  On this day in history birth of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)  

1888  On this day in history birth of frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)  

1888  On this day in history birth of percy Kilbride, SF CA, actor (Egg & I, Ma & Pa Kettle)  

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0276  Death of Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered on this day in history.  

0599  Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies on July - 16.  

1099  On this day in history el Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59  

1139  On July - 16 walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies  

1216  Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies on July - 16.  

1324  On July - 16 death of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)  

1342  On this day in history death of king Charles I of Hungary  

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on this day in history.