Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  On this day in history alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope  

1165  On this day in history ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine  

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

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

1527  Florence becomes a republic on this day in history.  

1532  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on May - 16.  

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia  

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

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

1648  On May - 16 battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir  

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

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  On May - 16 john Opie, artist  

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.  

1763  Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on May - 16.  

1763  On this day in history james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson  

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 this day in history.  

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 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 May - 16.