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Page 4: Historical Events In May - 16

Friday, 11 July 2025

1875  On this day in history quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1877  On May - 16 may 16, 1877 political crisis in France.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1878  On May - 16 taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  On May - 16 treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  Antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dancing," premieres on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1880  Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1880  On this day in history karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1881  World's first elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1881  On May - 16 world's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  On May - 16 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1888  On May - 16 cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1888  On May - 16 cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1889  Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft) on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  On this day in history george A Hormel & Company introduce Spam  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  George A Hormel & Co introduce Spam on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1892  On May - 16 coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1892  On this day in history john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1893  On May - 16 jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1894  On this day in history fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  Walther Geiser, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1898  August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP) on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On this day in history eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  On May - 16 hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  On May - 16 n I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  The birth of Henry Fonda, American oscar winning film actor on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  On May - 16 h[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas) on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  On this day in history robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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