Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  On May - 16 alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope  

1165  Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on this day in history.  

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 May - 16.  

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on May - 16.  

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

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

1569  On May - 16 dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM on May - 16.  

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on May - 16.  

1584  7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V  

1606  On this day in history 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia  

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on this day in history.  

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist on May - 16.  

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

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

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

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

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

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on May - 16.  

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 16.  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch on May - 16.  

1754  On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist  

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

1763  On May - 16 samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London  

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

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

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1558  On May - 16 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  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

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

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

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

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

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  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

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

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.  

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