Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on this day in history.   

1165  Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on May - 16.   

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

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

1527  Florence becomes a republic on this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

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

1571  On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM   

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

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

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

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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on May - 16.   

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

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

1703  On May - 16 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 May - 16.   

1748  On this day in history 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  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  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on this day in history.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

0942  On this day in history 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  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 May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  On this day in history 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.