Famous Birthdays In July - 16

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

1571  On this day in history birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644) was born on July - 16.   

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on July - 16.   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on July - 16.   

1715  On July - 16 birth of charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France   

1722  On this day in history birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor   

1723  On this day in history birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)   

1725  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer was born on this day in history.   

1728  On July - 16 birth of henri Moreau, composer   

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

1796  On July - 16 birth of jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter   

1821  Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (Science & Health) was born on July - 16.   

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  On this day in history birth of robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887   

1834  Carlo Angeloni, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1839  Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1848  On July - 16 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  Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist was born on this day in history.   

1862  On July - 16 birth of ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist   

1865  George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist was born on this day in history.   

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

1872  On this day in history birth of roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole   

1877  On this day in history birth of béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)   

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

1882  On July - 16 birth of felix Locher, Switzerland, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter)   

1884  Anna Vyrubova, Russian memoirist (d. 1964) was born on this day in history.   

1887  On July - 16 birth of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)   

1888  On July - 16 birth of frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)   

1888  Percy Kilbride, SF CA, actor (Egg & I, Ma & Pa Kettle) was born on July - 16.   

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0276  On this day in history death of mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered   

0599  On this day in history monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on July - 16.   

1139  Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies on July - 16.   

1216  On July - 16 innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies   

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on July - 16.   

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.