Famous Birthdays In May - 16

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)  

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

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  

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

1434  On May - 16 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.