Historical Events In May - 16
Sunday, 29 January 2023
0942 On this day in history 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 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 May - 16.
1434 On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1527 Florence becomes a republic on this day in history.
1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.
1547 On this day in history protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg
1558 On May - 16 andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)
1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on this day in history.
1569 On this day in history dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
1571 On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM
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 May - 16 camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V
1606 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on May - 16.
1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on May - 16.
1641 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
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 this day in history.
1754 On May - 16 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 On May - 16 james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson
1763 On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
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