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  Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on May - 16.  

1568  On this day in history mary Queen of Scotland flees to England  

1569  On this day in history dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 May - 16.  

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

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on May - 16.  

1703  On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

1747  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

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

1761  On this day in history john Opie, artist  

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1763  Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on this day in history.  

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

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

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

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

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

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

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

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

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.  

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

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

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.  

1657  On May - 16 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 this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies