Historical Events In May - 16
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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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