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Famous Birthdays In May - 16

Monday, 27 March 2023

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.  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  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On this day in history 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  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1782  John Sell Cotman, water color artist was born on May - 16.  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  On this day in history birth of william H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)  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  On May - 16 birth of henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  On May - 16 birth of levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1827  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1845  On May - 16 birth of ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1850  Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born on May - 16.  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 May - 16 birth of hanus Trnecek, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1860  Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  On May - 16 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 May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  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  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.  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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