Page 2: Historical Events In May - 16

1768  Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on May - 16.   

1770  On May - 16 marie Antoinette (age 14) marries the future King Louis VI of France (age 15)   

1770  On May - 16 the Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette get married   

1770  On May - 16 marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France   

1771  On this day in history the Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.   

1777  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.   

1782  John Sell Cotman, water color artist on May - 16.   

1782  Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on May - 16.   

1791  Near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred on this day in history.   

1792  Denmark abolishes slave trade on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history hedges Treaty Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1795  Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state on May - 16.   

1796  On this day in history lombardije Republic forms   

1803  Britain and France renew war, the French complete their occupation of Hanover, and they threaten to invade England from Boulogne, where they begin to assemble an invasion fleet on May - 16.   

1803  On May - 16 peace of Amiens ends   

1804  Napoleon declared Emperor of France on May - 16.   

1804  Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France on May - 16.   

1804  Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) on this day in history.   

1805  Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1806  On May - 16 george C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1811  Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera on May - 16.   

1815  The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains on this day in history.   

1816  On May - 16 henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886   

1817  On May - 16 mississippi River steamboat service begins   

1819  Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 on May - 16.   

1819  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on May - 16.   

1822  Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli on May - 16.   

1822  On May - 16 eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor   

1824  On May - 16 edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893   

1827  On May - 16 petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)   

1829  On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56   

1830  On this day in history jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies   

1831  David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) on this day in history.   

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) on May - 16.   

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

1578  On this day in history birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

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

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

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 this day in history.   

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.