Historical Events In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  

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

1165  On this day in history 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 May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1527  Florence becomes a republic on May - 16.  

1532  On this day in history sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor  

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

1558  On May - 16 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  On May - 16 dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

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

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on May - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1606  On May - 16 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia  

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

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

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  On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

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

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

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  On May - 16 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 this day in history.  

1761  John Opie, artist on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history 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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  

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

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

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 May - 16.  

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  

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

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  

1667  On this day in history 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.