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 this day in history ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine  

1204  Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire on this day in history.  

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.  

1527  On this day in history florence becomes a republic  

1532  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on May - 16.  

1547  On this day in history protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg  

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

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on May - 16.  

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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 May - 16.  

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on May - 16.  

1584  7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal on this day in history.  

1605  Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on May - 16.  

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

1609  On May - 16 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 May - 16.  

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

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  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on this day in history.  

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth  

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

1754  On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist  

1762  On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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 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  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  

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

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

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

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 May - 16.  

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