Historical Events In May - 16

1768  Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on May - 16.   

1770  Marie Antoinette (age 14) marries the future King Louis VI of France (age 15) on this day in history.   

1770  On May - 16 the Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette get married   

1770  Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France on this day in history.   

1771  The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina on this day in history.   

1777  On May - 16 button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds   

1782  On May - 16 john Sell Cotman, water color artist   

1782  On this day in history daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies   

1791  Near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred on this day in history.   

1792  Denmark abolishes slave trade on this day in history.   

1795  Hedges Treaty Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state on this day in history.   

1795  On May - 16 hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1796  Lombardije Republic forms on May - 16.   

1803  Britain and France renew war, the French complete their occupation of Hanover, and they threaten to invade England from Boulogne, where they begin to assemble an invasion fleet on May - 16.   

1803  Peace of Amiens ends on this day in history.   

1804  Napoleon declared Emperor of France on May - 16.   

1804  On May - 16 senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France   

1804  On this day in history elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)   

1805  Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on May - 16.   

1806  George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 on May - 16.   

1811  Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.   

1816  Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886 on this day in history.   

1817  On May - 16 mississippi River steamboat service begins   

1819  Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 on this day in history.   

1819  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on May - 16.   

1822  On May - 16 greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.   

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor on May - 16.   

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)   

1829  William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1830  On May - 16 jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies   

1831  On May - 16 david Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)   

1832  On May - 16 philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)   

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1558  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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 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 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  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

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