Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on May - 16.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1584  7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal on May - 16.   

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  On this day in history ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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

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

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

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on May - 16.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1691  On May - 16 jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason   

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

1748  On May - 16 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 May - 16.   

1763  On this day in history samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London   

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

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

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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  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

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

1748  On May - 16 birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

1569  On May - 16 death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

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

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

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