Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 May - 16 protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg   

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

1568  On this day in history mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

1569  Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

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

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

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

1605  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

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

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

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  On May - 16 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 this day in history.   

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands   

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 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 May - 16.   

1763  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  On May - 16 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