Historical Events In May - 16

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on May - 16.  

1165  On May - 16 ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine  

1204  On May - 16 baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.  

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

1527  On this day in history florence becomes a republic  

1532  On May - 16 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 May - 16.  

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

1584  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia  

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

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

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.  

1648  On this day in history battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir  

1648  On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies  

1691  On this day in history jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

1703  On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on May - 16.  

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 this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76  

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  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 May - 16.  

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

1641  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 16.  

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

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

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

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

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.  

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  

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