Famous Birthdays In May - 16

1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

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 May - 16.  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.  

1710  On this day in history 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  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.  

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

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on May - 16.  

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1782  On May - 16 birth of john Sell Cotman, water color artist  

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 May - 16.  

1804  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)  

1806  On May - 16 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 this day in history birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898  

1821  On this day in history birth of pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)  

1822  On May - 16 birth of eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor  

1824  On this day in history birth of edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893  

1824  On May - 16 birth of levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)  

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

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

1860  Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on May - 16.  

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

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 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 May - 16.  

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

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)