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 this day in history.  

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

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

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

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

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

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

1763  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 16 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  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) was born on May - 16.  

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

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) was born on May - 16.  

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

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  

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  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)