Historical Events In May - 16
Saturday, 21 February 2026
0942 Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies. 

0955 Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope 

1165 Ramjbam and his family reach Acre Palestine. 

1204 Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the inaugural Emperor of the Latin Empire. 

1434 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60. 

1527 Florence is recorded as becoming a republic. 

1532 Sir Thomas More steps down as English Lord Chancellor. 

1547 Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg 

1558 Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600). 

1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England 

1569 Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr 

1571 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 

1584 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal 

1605 Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI is recorded as becoming Paul V 

1606 2000 foreigners murdered in Russia 

1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands. 

1641 Dudley North, financier/economist 

1648 Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir. 

1659 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist. 

1669 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies. 

1691 Jacob Leisler, is recorded as becoming 1st American colonist hanged for treason 

1703 Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies. 

1747 Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands 

1747 Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth. 

1748 Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch 

1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76. 

1761 John Opie, artist 

1762 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86. 

1763 Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London 

1763 James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson. 

1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) 

1768 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81. 

1770 Marie Antoinette (age 14) marries the future King Louis VI of France (age 15). 

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