Historical Events In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.   

0955  On May - 16 alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope   

1165  On May - 16 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  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.   

1527  On May - 16 florence becomes a republic   

1532  On May - 16 sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor   

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on May - 16.   

1558  On May - 16 andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

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 this day in history 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  7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal on May - 16.   

1605  Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V on May - 16.   

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on this day in history.   

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

1641  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 16.   

1703  On this day in history charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies   

1747  On May - 16 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 May - 16 antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

1761  On this day in history john Opie, artist   

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

1763  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

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.   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

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 this day in history.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.