Famous Birthdays In May - 16

1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.  

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Opie, artist  

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on this day in history.  

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

1788  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

1804  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)  

1806  George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on May - 16.  

1816  On this day in history birth of henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886  

1819  On this day in history birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898  

1821  On May - 16 birth of pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)  

1822  On May - 16 birth of eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor  

1824  On May - 16 birth of edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893  

1824  On May - 16 birth of levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)  

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  On this day in history birth of philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)  

1845  On May - 16 birth of ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)  

1850  Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history birth of juan Morel Campos, composer  

1858  On May - 16 birth of frank Lynes, composer  

1858  Hanus Trnecek, composer was born on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history birth of herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896)  

1866  On May - 16 birth of ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)  

1878  Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely) was born on May - 16.  

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

1887  Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) was born on May - 16.  

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0583  Death of Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484) on May - 16.  

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.  

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.  

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)