Historical Events In May - 16
Monday, 18 March 2024
0942 On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
0955 Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on this day in history.
1165 Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on this day in history.
1204 Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire on May - 16.
1434 On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1527 Florence becomes a republic on May - 16.
1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.
1547 Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on May - 16.
1558 On May - 16 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 On this day in history 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal
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 this day in history ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
1641 On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist
1648 On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir
1648 On May - 16 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 this day in history 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 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 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 On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76
1761 On May - 16 john Opie, artist
1762 On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86
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 this day in history louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
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