Historical Events In May - 16

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

0955  On this day in history alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope   

1165  On this day in history ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine   

1204  On this day in history baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1527  On May - 16 florence becomes a republic   

1532  On this day in history sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor   

1547  On May - 16 protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg   

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

1569  On this day in history dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1571  On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM   

1571  On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM   

1584  On this day in history 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal   

1605  Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on this day in history.   

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on May - 16.   

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

1641  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.   

1648  On this day in history battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.   

1659  On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history.   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.   

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands   

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

1754  On May - 16 giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76   

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist   

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1763  Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on this day in history.   

1763  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on May - 16.   

1763  On May - 16 louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)   

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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  On this day in history birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies