Historical Events In May - 16

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  On May - 16 ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine   

1204  Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire on May - 16.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1527  On May - 16 florence becomes a republic   

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

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 May - 16.   

1568  On May - 16 mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

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

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

1605  On May - 16 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  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  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 May - 16.   

1659  On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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  On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies   

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 May - 16.   

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

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.   

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist   

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1763  On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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