Historical Events In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.  

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1547  On May - 16 protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg  

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on May - 16.  

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on this day in history.  

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

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

1571  On May - 16 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  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on May - 16.  

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

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

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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.  

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

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

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on this day in history.  

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands  

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch on this day in history.  

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.  

1761  John Opie, artist on this day in history.  

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

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)  

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  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

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

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 May - 16.  

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