Famous Personalities Born In May - 16

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

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on May - 16.   

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

1761  John Opie, artist was born on this day in history.   

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

1782  On this day in history birth of john Sell Cotman, water color artist   

1788  Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866) was born on May - 16.   

1801  William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 16 birth of henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886   

1819  On May - 16 birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898   

1821  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on May - 16.   

1822  Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born on May - 16.   

1824  On May - 16 birth of edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893   

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 May - 16 birth of david Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)   

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

1845  On this day in history birth of ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)   

1850  On this day in history birth of arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer   

1857  Juan Morel Campos, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1858  Hanus Trnecek, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1866  On this day in history birth of ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)   

1878  Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely) was born on May - 16.   

1880  Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment) was born on May - 16.   

1887  Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) was born on this day in history.   

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0583  Death of Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484) on May - 16.   

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

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

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

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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 May - 16.