Historical Events In May - 16

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 this day in history.   

1165  Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on May - 16.   

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

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  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  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

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

1571  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

1605  On this day in history camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V   

1606  On this day in history 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1641  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

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

1659  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history.   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.   

1747  On May - 16 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  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch on May - 16.   

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1761  John Opie, artist on this day in history.   

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1763  Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson   

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) on May - 16.   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

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

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

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

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.   

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

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

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

1434  On this day in history 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  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  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.