Historical Events In May - 16

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

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

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

1204  On May - 16 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 May - 16 florence becomes a republic  

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  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  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  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 May - 16.  

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

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  Dudley North, financier/economist on this day in history.  

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

1648  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1761  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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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  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 this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies