Famous Personalities Born In May - 16

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

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.   

1761  John Opie, artist was born on May - 16.   

1763  On May - 16 birth of louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)   

1782  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 birth of elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)   

1806  George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1821  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history birth of eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor   

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on May - 16.   

1824  On this day in history birth of levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)   

1827  On May - 16 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  Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.   

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

1857  On May - 16 birth of juan Morel Campos, composer   

1858  On this day in history birth of frank Lynes, composer   

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

1860  Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history birth of ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)   

1878  Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely) was born on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history birth of julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)   

1887  Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

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

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.