Historical Events In May - 16

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

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

1165  On May - 16 ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine  

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

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

1527  Florence becomes a republic on May - 16.  

1532  On this day in history sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor  

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on this day in history.  

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 May - 16.  

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

1571  On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM  

1584  On this day in history 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 this day in history 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia  

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  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1754  On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1761  John Opie, artist on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 16.  

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) on this day in history.  

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

1578  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1710  On May - 16 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 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 this day in history.  

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

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.  

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  

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

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies