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 May - 16.   

1165  On May - 16 ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine   

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 this day in history florence becomes a republic   

1532  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on May - 16.   

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

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

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on May - 16.   

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

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

1605  On this day in history camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V   

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 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  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  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 May - 16.   

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

1754  On this day in history 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 May - 16 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 May - 16.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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

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 this day in history.