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  Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on May - 16.   

1204  On May - 16 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 this day in history florence becomes a republic   

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

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on this day in history.   

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on May - 16.   

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on this day in history.   

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

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM on May - 16.   

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on this day in history.   

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

1605  On May - 16 camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V   

1606  On May - 16 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on May - 16.   

1641  On this day in history dudley North, financier/economist   

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

1648  On May - 16 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  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

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

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on this day in history.   

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch on this day in history.   

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.   

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist   

1762  On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86   

1763  On May - 16 samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London   

1763  On this day in history james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson   

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

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

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

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

1659  On May - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on this day in history.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

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

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

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