Historical Events In May - 16
Monday, 15 August 2022
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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