Historical Events In May - 16
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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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