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 this day in history.  

1165  On May - 16 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 this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1527  On this day in history florence becomes a republic  

1532  On May - 16 sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor  

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

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

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on May - 16.  

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

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

1605  Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on May - 16.  

1606  On May - 16 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history.  

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  Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth on May - 16.  

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

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

1761  John Opie, artist on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  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 May - 16 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  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

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  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.  

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

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.  

1657  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies