Historical Events In May - 16
Thursday, 03 July 2025
0942 On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
0955 On this day in history alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope
1165 On May - 16 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 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.
1527 On May - 16 florence becomes a republic
1532 On May - 16 sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor
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 May - 16.
1568 On May - 16 mary Queen of Scotland flees to England
1569 Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.
1571 On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM
1571 On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
1584 On May - 16 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 May - 16 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia
1609 On this day in history ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
1641 On this day in history dudley North, financier/economist
1648 Battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir
1648 Battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.
1659 On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
1669 On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
1691 Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history.
1703 On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies
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 May - 16.
1748 On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch
1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.
1761 On May - 16 john Opie, artist
1762 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.
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 this day in history.
1763 On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
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