Page 4: Historical Events In May - 16

1875  Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000 on May - 16.   

1877  On May - 16 may 16, 1877 political crisis in France.   

1878  On May - 16 taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)   

1879  Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English on this day in history.   

1879  On May - 16 antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dancing," premieres   

1880  On this day in history julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)   

1880  On May - 16 karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76   

1881  On May - 16 world's first elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)   

1881  World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) on this day in history.   

1882  On May - 16 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40.00   

1884  10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25 on this day in history.   

1887  On May - 16 bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)   

1888  On May - 16 cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia   

1888  On this day in history cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC   

1889  On May - 16 joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)   

1891  George A Hormel & Company introduce Spam on this day in history.   

1891  George A Hormel & Co introduce Spam on May - 16.   

1892  On this day in history coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)   

1892  On May - 16 john Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies   

1893  On May - 16 jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)   

1894  Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings on May - 16.   

1897  On May - 16 walther Geiser, composer   

1898  On this day in history august de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP)   

1901  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG) on May - 16.   

1902  On May - 16 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3   

1902  On May - 16 jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie)   

1903  On May - 16 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann)   

1903  On this day in history eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72   

1904  Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928) on this day in history.   

1904  N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies on May - 16.   

1905  On this day in history the birth of Henry Fonda, American oscar winning film actor   

1905  H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas)   

1907  On this day in history robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932)   

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On May - 16 birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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

1718  On this day in history birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

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 May - 16.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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