Historical Events In May - 16

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

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

1568  On May - 16 mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

1569  Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1571  On May - 16 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 May - 16.   

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

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

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

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

1648  On this day in history 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  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on May - 16.   

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

1748  On May - 16 antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

1761  On this day in history john Opie, artist   

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

1763  On this day in history 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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.   

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

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  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

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