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

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.  

1761  On May - 16 birth of john Opie, artist  

1763  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1824  Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) was born on May - 16.  

1827  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 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 May - 16 birth of arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer  

1857  On May - 16 birth of juan Morel Campos, composer  

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

1858  Hanus Trnecek, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1866  On May - 16 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 this day in history.  

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0583  On May - 16 death of saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)  

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

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

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

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  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)