Historical Events In May - 16
Monday, 05 June 2023
0942 On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
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 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 this day in history.
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.
1569 On May - 16 dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
1571 On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM
1571 On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
1584 On this day in history 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal
1605 On this day in history camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V
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 Dudley North, financier/economist on May - 16.
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 On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir
1659 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.
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 On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
1747 Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on May - 16.
1747 On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth
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 On May - 16 john Opie, artist
1762 On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86
1763 On this day in history samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1763 James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on May - 16.
1763 On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
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