Page 2: Historical Events In May - 16

1768  Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France   

1771  On May - 16 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.   

1777  On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds   

1782  John Sell Cotman, water color artist on May - 16.   

1782  Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on this day in history.   

1791  Near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred on May - 16.   

1792  Denmark abolishes slave trade on May - 16.   

1795  Hedges Treaty Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state on May - 16.   

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

1796  Lombardije Republic forms on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1803  Peace of Amiens ends on this day in history.   

1804  Napoleon declared Emperor of France on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France   

1804  Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) on this day in history.   

1805  Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1806  On May - 16 george C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1811  On this day in history peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera   

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  Mississippi River steamboat service begins on May - 16.   

1819  On May - 16 daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898   

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

1822  On this day in history greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.   

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

1824  On this day in history edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893   

1827  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) on this day in history.   

1829  William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 on May - 16.   

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

1831  David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) on this day in history.   

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) on this day in history.   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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 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 May - 16.   

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