Famous Birthdays In July - 16

1194  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on this day in history.  

1571  On July - 16 birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized  

1611  On July - 16 birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)  

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

1714  On July - 16 birth of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)  

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

1722  Joseph Wilton, sculptor was born on July - 16.  

1723  On July - 16 birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)  

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

1728  On this day in history birth of henri Moreau, composer  

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1746  On July - 16 birth of giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres)  

1796  Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter was born on July - 16.  

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

1822  On this day in history birth of luigi Arditi, violinist/composer  

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

1829  On July - 16 birth of robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887  

1834  On this day in history birth of carlo Angeloni, composer  

1834  On this day in history birth of peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914)  

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

1848  Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music) was born on July - 16.  

1855  Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 16.  

1882  On this day in history birth of felix Locher, Switzerland, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter)  

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  Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 16.  

0599  On July - 16 monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies  

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1216  On this day in history innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies  

1324  Death of Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) on this day in history.  

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.