Historical Events In May - 16

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

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

1165  Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on this day in history.   

1204  Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire on this day in history.   

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1527  Florence becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1532  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.   

1547  On May - 16 protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg   

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 May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

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

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

1606  On this day in history 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia   

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

1641  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

1648  On May - 16 battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

1648  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.   

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

1659  On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

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

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

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1761  John Opie, artist on this day in history.   

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

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

1763  On May - 16 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

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

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

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

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies