Historical Events In May - 16

1768  Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 on this day in history.   

1770  Marie Antoinette (age 14) marries the future King Louis VI of France (age 15) on this day in history.   

1770  On May - 16 the Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette get married   

1770  On May - 16 marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France   

1771  On May - 16 the Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.   

1777  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.   

1782  On May - 16 john Sell Cotman, water color artist   

1782  Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on May - 16.   

1791  On May - 16 near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred   

1792  Denmark abolishes slave trade on May - 16.   

1795  On May - 16 hedges Treaty Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1795  On this day in history hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1796  Lombardije Republic forms on May - 16.   

1803  On this day in history britain and France renew war, the French complete their occupation of Hanover, and they threaten to invade England from Boulogne, where they begin to assemble an invasion fleet   

1803  Peace of Amiens ends on this day in history.   

1804  Napoleon declared Emperor of France on May - 16.   

1804  Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France on this day in history.   

1804  Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) on May - 16.   

1805  On this day in history christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68   

1806  On May - 16 george C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1811  On May - 16 peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera   

1815  On this day in history the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.   

1816  Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886 on May - 16.   

1817  Mississippi River steamboat service begins on this day in history.   

1819  Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 on this day in history.   

1819  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on May - 16.   

1822  Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli on this day in history.   

1822  On May - 16 eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor   

1824  On May - 16 edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893   

1827  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56   

1830  On May - 16 jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies   

1831  David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) on May - 16.   

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) on this day in history.   

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1558  On May - 16 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606) was born on May - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1265  On May - 16 death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  On May - 16 pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

1620  Death of William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564) on May - 16.   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

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

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