Historical Events In May - 16

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

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 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  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.  

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on May - 16.  

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

1568  On May - 16 mary Queen of Scotland flees to England  

1569  On May - 16 dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

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

1571  On May - 16 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 this day in history camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V  

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on May - 16.  

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist on this day in history.  

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.  

1648  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.  

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.  

1659  On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

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

1691  On May - 16 jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

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

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 May - 16.  

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

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  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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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.  

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.  

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

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

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

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

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