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Historical Events In May - 16

Monday, 05 June 2023

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1165  On May - 16 ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1204  On May - 16 baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1527  On this day in history florence becomes a republic  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1532  On May - 16 sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1558  On May - 16 andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  On May - 16 dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1571  On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1571  On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1584  On this day in history 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On this day in history camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1606  On May - 16 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  On this day in history ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  On this day in history battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1691  On this day in history jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1703  On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1754  On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1762  On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1763  On this day in history samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1763  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1763  On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Days In May

List Of Important Days In May

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Famous Birthdays In May - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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