Famous Birthdays In May - 16

1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.  

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  

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

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

1761  On this day in history birth of john Opie, artist  

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

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1782  On May - 16 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 May - 16 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 May - 16.  

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  On May - 16 birth of pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)  

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

1824  On May - 16 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 this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history birth of petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)  

1831  On May - 16 birth of david Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)  

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on this day in history.  

1845  Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.  

1850  Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born on May - 16.  

1857  Juan Morel Campos, composer was born on this day in history.  

1858  Frank Lynes, composer was born on May - 16.  

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

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

1866  Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) was born on this day in history.  

1878  On this day in history birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1569  On May - 16 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 this day in history.  

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