Historical Events In May - 16

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 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 this day in history.  

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1527  Florence becomes a republic on this day in history.  

1532  On May - 16 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 May - 16 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1605  Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on May - 16.  

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on May - 16.  

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on this day in history.  

1641  On this day in history dudley North, financier/economist  

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.  

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

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.  

1659  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist  

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

1691  On May - 16 jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason  

1703  On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies  

1747  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

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  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on this day in history.  

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 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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on May - 16.  

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

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

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr  

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)  

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