Historical Events In May - 16

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

1770  On this day in history marie Antoinette (age 14) marries the future King Louis VI of France (age 15)  

1770  The Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette get married on May - 16.  

1770  Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France on May - 16.  

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

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

1791  On this day in history near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred  

1792  On May - 16 denmark abolishes slave trade  

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

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

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 May - 16.  

1804  On May - 16 napoleon declared Emperor of France  

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

1804  On May - 16 elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)  

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 May - 16 peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera  

1815  The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains on May - 16.  

1816  Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886 on May - 16.  

1817  On this day in history mississippi River steamboat service begins  

1819  Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 on May - 16.  

1819  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

1822  On this day in history eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor  

1824  On May - 16 edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893  

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

1829  On May - 16 william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56  

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 May - 16.  

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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 May - 16.  

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist  

1659  On May - 16 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  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  

1265  On May - 16 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  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.  

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.  

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

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies