Famous Birthdays In May - 16
Wednesday, 04 October 2023
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 this day in history.
1641 On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist
1659 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.
1710 William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.
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 On May - 16 birth of john Opie, artist
1763 On May - 16 birth of louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
1782 John Sell Cotman, water color artist was born on this day in history.
1788 On May - 16 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 this day in history.
1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886 was born on May - 16.
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 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 May - 16.
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 Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on May - 16.
1845 Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.
1850 On this day in history birth of arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer
1857 On May - 16 birth of juan Morel Campos, composer
1858 On this day in history birth of frank Lynes, composer
1858 On this day in history birth of hanus Trnecek, composer
1860 On this day in history 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 Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) was born on this day in history.
1887 On May - 16 birth of bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)