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  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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.  

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

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

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

1761  On May - 16 birth of john Opie, artist  

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on this day in history.  

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1782  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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  Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.  

1821  On May - 16 birth of pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)  

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 16.  

1827  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1850  On May - 16 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  Hanus Trnecek, composer was born on this day in history.  

1860  Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

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  Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) was born on May - 16.  

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0583  On May - 16 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  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

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)