Famous Birthdays In May - 16

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

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.  

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

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1718  On this day in history 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 May - 16 birth of john Opie, artist  

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

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

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  On May - 16 birth of henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886  

1819  On this day in history birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898  

1821  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on May - 16.  

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on May - 16.  

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on May - 16.  

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

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 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  Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born on May - 16.  

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

1858  On this day in history birth of frank Lynes, composer  

1858  On May - 16 birth of hanus Trnecek, composer  

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

1866  On May - 16 birth of ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)  

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

1880  Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) was born on May - 16.  

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

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0583  Death of Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484) on this day in history.  

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.