Historical Events In May - 16

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

0955  On this day in history alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope  

1165  On this day in history ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine  

1204  Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire on May - 16.  

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

1527  Florence becomes a republic on this day in history.  

1532  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.  

1547  On this day in history protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg  

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

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on this day in history.  

1569  On this day in history dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1571  On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM  

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on this day in history.  

1584  On May - 16 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal  

1605  On May - 16 camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V  

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on May - 16.  

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

1641  On this day in history dudley North, financier/economist  

1648  On May - 16 battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir  

1648  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.  

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.  

1659  On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies  

1691  On May - 16 jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.  

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands  

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth on this day in history.  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch on this day in history.  

1754  On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1761  John Opie, artist on this day in history.  

1762  On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86  

1763  On this day in history samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London  

1763  On May - 16 james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson  

1763  On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

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  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.  

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.