Famous Birthdays In May - 16

1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.  

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.  

1761  John Opie, artist was born on this day in history.  

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on May - 16.  

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1782  On May - 16 birth of john Sell Cotman, water color artist  

1788  On May - 16 birth of friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)  

1801  William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.  

1804  Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) was born on this day in history.  

1806  On May - 16 birth of george C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879  

1816  Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886 was born on this day in history.  

1819  On May - 16 birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898  

1821  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on May - 16.  

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.  

1824  Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) was born on May - 16.  

1827  On this day in history birth of petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)  

1831  David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) was born on this day in history.  

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on this day in history.  

1845  Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.  

1850  On May - 16 birth of arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer  

1857  Juan Morel Campos, composer was born on this day in history.  

1858  Frank Lynes, composer was born on this day in history.  

1858  Hanus Trnecek, composer was born on May - 16.  

1860  Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on May - 16.  

1866  Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) was born on May - 16.  

1878  On this day in history birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  

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

1887  On this day in history birth of bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)  

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0583  On this day in history death of saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)  

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 May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

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