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 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  On May - 16 florence becomes a republic  

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

1547  On this day in history protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg  

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  Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.  

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  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on this day in history.  

1609  On May - 16 ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

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 this day in history.  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.  

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.  

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

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.  

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on this day in history.  

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  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  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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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  On May - 16 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  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.  

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)  

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  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.  

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 May - 16.