Historical Events In May - 16

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

0955  On May - 16 alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope   

1165  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1527  On this day in history 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  On this day in history andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on this day in history.   

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

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM on this day in history.   

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on this day in history.   

1584  On May - 16 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal   

1605  Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on this day in history.   

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on this day in history.   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on May - 16.   

1641  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

1648  On May - 16 battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

1648  On this day in history battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

1648  On May - 16 battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

1659  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.   

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

1754  On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76   

1761  John Opie, artist on May - 16.   

1762  On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86   

1763  On May - 16 samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London   

1763  On May - 16 james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson   

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  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.   

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies