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

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

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1527  On May - 16 florence becomes a republic  

1532  On this day in history sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor  

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on this day in history.  

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.  

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1569  Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.  

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

1571  On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM  

1584  7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal on May - 16.  

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

1606  On May - 16 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  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  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history.  

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

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  On May - 16 john Opie, artist  

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  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on May - 16.  

1763  On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)  

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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 May - 16.  

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.  

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.  

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 May - 16.  

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies