Historical Events In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.  

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  On this day in history baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.  

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1527  On this day in history florence becomes a republic  

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

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  On May - 16 mary Queen of Scotland flees to England  

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

1571  On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM  

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

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

1605  Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on this day in history.  

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on this day in history.  

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

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

1648  On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir  

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

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

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

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

1691  On this day in history jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

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

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on this day in history.  

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth  

1748  On May - 16 antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.  

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist  

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

1763  Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on May - 16.  

1763  On this day in history james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson  

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

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  On May - 16 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  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  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.  

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

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)  

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