Famous Personalities Born In May - 16

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

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 May - 16.   

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

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

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   

1761  John Opie, artist was born on May - 16.   

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on this day in history.   

1782  John Sell Cotman, water color artist was born on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history birth of friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)   

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 May - 16 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 May - 16.   

1821  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.   

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

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on May - 16.   

1824  Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) was born on May - 16.   

1827  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) was born on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history birth of david Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)   

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on May - 16.   

1845  Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.   

1850  Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born on May - 16.   

1857  Juan Morel Campos, composer was born on May - 16.   

1858  On this day in history birth of frank Lynes, composer   

1858  On May - 16 birth of hanus Trnecek, composer   

1860  On May - 16 birth of herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896)   

1866  Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) was born on May - 16.   

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

1880  Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) was born on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history birth of bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)   

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0583  On May - 16 death of saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)   

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

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

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on this day in history.