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

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

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  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

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

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

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1782  John Sell Cotman, water color artist was born on May - 16.  

1788  Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.  

1801  William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872) was born on May - 16.  

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 May - 16 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  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.  

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

1824  On this day in history 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  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) was born on May - 16.  

1831  On this day in history birth of david Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)  

1832  On this day in history birth of philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)  

1845  On this day in history birth of ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)  

1850  On this day in history birth of arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer  

1857  Juan Morel Campos, composer was born on May - 16.  

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

1858  On this day in history birth of hanus Trnecek, composer  

1860  On May - 16 birth of herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896)  

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

1878  On May - 16 birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  

1880  On May - 16 birth of julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)  

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 this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  

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