Famous Personalities Born In May - 16
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
1558 Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.
1578 Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.
1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.
1641 Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.
1659 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.
1710 On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
1718 Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.
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 May - 16.
1782 On May - 16 birth of john Sell Cotman, water color artist
1788 Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.
1801 On this day in history birth of william H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)
1804 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) was born on May - 16.
1806 On this day in history birth of george C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
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 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1824 Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) was born on this day in history.
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 May - 16.
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 this day in history.
1850 Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born on May - 16.
1857 Juan Morel Campos, composer was born on May - 16.
1858 Frank Lynes, composer was born on this day in history.
1858 Hanus Trnecek, composer was born on this day in history.
1860 Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.
1866 On May - 16 birth of ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)
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 this day in history.
1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) was born on May - 16.