Famous Birthdays In July - 16

1194  Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) was born on July - 16.   

1571  On July - 16 birth of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized   

1611  On July - 16 birth of archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)   

1704  John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born on July - 16.   

1714  Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France was born on July - 16.   

1722  On this day in history birth of joseph Wilton, sculptor   

1723  On July - 16 birth of joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)   

1725  On July - 16 birth of georg Simon Lohlein, composer   

1728  On this day in history birth of henri Moreau, composer   

1746  Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres) was born on this day in history.   

1796  Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter was born on July - 16.   

1821  On July - 16 birth of mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (Science & Health)   

1822  On this day in history birth of luigi Arditi, violinist/composer   

1823  On July - 16 birth of james Isham Gilbert, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1829  On July - 16 birth of robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887   

1834  On this day in history birth of carlo Angeloni, composer   

1834  Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914) was born on July - 16.   

1839  Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist was born on July - 16.   

1848  On July - 16 birth of henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)   

1855  On July - 16 birth of charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

1858  Eugene Ysaye, composer was born on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history birth of jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist   

1862  On this day in history birth of ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist   

1865  George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist was born on July - 16.   

1870  On this day in history birth of lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (d. 1956)   

1872  Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole was born on July - 16.   

1877  On July - 16 birth of béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)   

1882  Edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history birth of felix Locher, Switzerland, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter)   

1884  On this day in history birth of anna Vyrubova, Russian memoirist (d. 1964)   

1887  "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe) was born on this day in history.   

1888  Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953) was born on July - 16.   

1888  Percy Kilbride, SF CA, actor (Egg & I, Ma & Pa Kettle) was born on this day in history.   

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0276  On July - 16 death of mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered   

0599  On July - 16 monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies   

1099  El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59 on July - 16.   

1139  On July - 16 walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1216  Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies on July - 16.   

1324  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)   

1342  Death of King Charles I of Hungary on July - 16.   

1482  John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies on this day in history.