Historical Events In May - 16

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1527  On May - 16 florence becomes a republic   

1532  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.   

1547  On May - 16 protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg   

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  On May - 16 dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1571  On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM   

1571  On May - 16 johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM   

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  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on this day in history.   

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

1641  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

1648  Battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on this day in history.   

1648  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.   

1648  On May - 16 battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

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 May - 16.   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.   

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands   

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch on May - 16.   

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  On this day in history james Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson   

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

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

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 May - 16.   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1718  On this day in history 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  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.   

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  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

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