Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  On this day in history alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope  

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

1204  On this day in history 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 May - 16.  

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 May - 16.  

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  

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

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

1609  On this day in history ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

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  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.  

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.  

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

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on May - 16.  

1703  On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on May - 16.  

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

1761  On this day in history john Opie, artist  

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 May - 16.  

1763  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on this day in history.  

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

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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 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 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 this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

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 May - 16.  

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

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

1569  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.