Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  On this day in history alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope   

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  Florence becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1532  On May - 16 sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor   

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

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  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on this day in history.   

1584  7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal on May - 16.   

1605  On May - 16 camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V   

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on May - 16.   

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands on May - 16.   

1641  On this day in history dudley North, financier/economist   

1648  On this day in history 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  On May - 16 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies   

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on May - 16.   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth   

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

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.   

1761  John Opie, artist on May - 16.   

1762  On May - 16 ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86   

1763  Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on May - 16.   

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

1578  On May - 16 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 May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

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 this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

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  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  On May - 16 death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  On May - 16 death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  On May - 16 pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies