Historical Events In May - 16
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
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 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 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.
1527 Florence becomes a republic on May - 16.
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 this day in history.
1568 On this day in history mary Queen of Scotland flees to England
1569 Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.
1571 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM on this day in history.
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 May - 16 camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V
1606 On this day in history 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia
1609 Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on May - 16.
1641 On May - 16 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 On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir
1659 On this day in history 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 May - 16 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 May - 16.
1754 On this day in history 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 James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on May - 16.
1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) on this day in history.
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