Page 2: Historical Events In May - 16

1768  On May - 16 cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81   

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

1770  On this day in history 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 May - 16.   

1777  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on May - 16.   

1782  On this day in history john Sell Cotman, water color artist   

1782  Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on May - 16.   

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  On this day in history hedges Treaty Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1795  On this day in history hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1796  Lombardije Republic forms on May - 16.   

1803  On May - 16 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   

1803  On this day in history peace of Amiens ends   

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

1804  Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France on May - 16.   

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 May - 16 the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.   

1816  On May - 16 henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886   

1817  On May - 16 mississippi River steamboat service begins   

1819  On this day in history daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898   

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

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

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 on May - 16.   

1827  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) on May - 16.   

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

1830  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on May - 16.   

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

1832  On this day in history philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)   

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1558  On May - 16 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  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 this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

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

0942  On May - 16 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  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

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