Famous Personalities Born In May - 16

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on May - 16.   

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  On this day in history birth of william H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)   

1804  Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) was born on May - 16.   

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  Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 was born on May - 16.   

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  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 May - 16 birth of petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)   

1831  David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) was born on May - 16.   

1832  On this day in history birth of philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)   

1845  On May - 16 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 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 May - 16.   

1866  Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) was born on May - 16.   

1878  On May - 16 birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)   

1880  On May - 16 birth of julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)   

1887  On this day in history birth of bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)   

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0583  On this day in history death of saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)   

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

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)