Famous Birthdays In May - 16
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
1558 Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.
1578 On May - 16 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 Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.
1659 On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
1710 William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.
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 May - 16.
1761 John Opie, artist was born on May - 16.
1763 On this day in history birth of louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
1782 John Sell Cotman, water color artist was born on May - 16.
1788 Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.
1801 On this day in history birth of william H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)
1804 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)
1806 George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.
1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886 was born on this day in history.
1819 Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.
1821 Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.
1822 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on this day in history.
1824 Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on May - 16.
1824 On this day in history birth of levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)
1827 On this day in history birth of petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)
1831 David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) was born on this day in history.
1832 Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on this day in history.
1845 Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.
1850 On May - 16 birth of arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer
1857 On May - 16 birth of juan Morel Campos, composer
1858 Frank Lynes, composer was born on May - 16.
1858 Hanus Trnecek, composer was born on this day in history.
1860 Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on May - 16.
1866 Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) was born on this day in history.
1878 Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely) was born on this day in history.
1880 Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) was born on May - 16.
1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) was born on May - 16.