Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on May - 16.   

1165  On May - 16 ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine   

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  Florence becomes a republic on May - 16.   

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

1609  On this day in history 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  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.   

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

1659  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

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

1703  On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies   

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

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth   

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

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

1761  On this day in history john Opie, artist   

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 May - 16.   

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

1578  On this day in history 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 May - 16 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  On May - 16 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 this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

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