Historical Events In May - 16

1875  Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000 on May - 16.  

1877  May 16, 1877 political crisis in France on this day in history.  

1878  On May - 16 taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  

1879  Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English on this day in history.  

1879  On May - 16 antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dancing," premieres  

1880  On May - 16 julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)  

1880  On this day in history karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76  

1881  World's first elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) on this day in history.  

1881  World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) on this day in history.  

1882  On May - 16 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00  

1884  10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25 on May - 16.  

1887  On May - 16 bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)  

1888  CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC  

1889  Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft) on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history george A Hormel & Company introduce Spam  

1891  George A Hormel & Co introduce Spam on this day in history.  

1892  Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary) on this day in history.  

1892  John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies on May - 16.  

1893  On this day in history jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)  

1894  Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history walther Geiser, composer  

1898  August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP) on this day in history.  

1901  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG) on this day in history.  

1902  On May - 16 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3  

1902  On this day in history jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie)  

1903  On May - 16 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann)  

1903  Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72 on May - 16.  

1904  On May - 16 hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)  

1904  N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on this day in history.  

1905  On May - 16 the birth of Henry Fonda, American oscar winning film actor  

1905  On May - 16 h[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)  

1906  On this day in history arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas)  

1907  On this day in history robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932)  

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)  

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)  

1718  On May - 16 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 May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies  

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  

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 this day in history 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