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Famous Birthdays In May - 16

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1761  On May - 16 birth of john Opie, artist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1763  On May - 16 birth of louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1782  John Sell Cotman, water color artist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1788  On May - 16 birth of friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1801  William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1804  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1806  George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1816  Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886 was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  On May - 16 birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1821  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  On this day in history birth of edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1827  On May - 16 birth of petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1831  David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1845  Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1850  On this day in history birth of arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1857  On May - 16 birth of juan Morel Campos, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1858  On this day in history birth of frank Lynes, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1858  On this day in history birth of hanus Trnecek, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1860  On this day in history birth of herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  On this day in history birth of ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1878  On May - 16 birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1880  Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  On May - 16 birth of bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Deaths In May - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0583  Death of Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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