Famous Personalities Born In May - 16

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

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  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  On this day in history birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

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.   

1761  On May - 16 birth of john Opie, artist   

1763  On this day in history birth of louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)   

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

1788  Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866) was born on May - 16.   

1801  William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.   

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

1806  George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on May - 16.   

1816  On this day in history birth of henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886   

1819  On May - 16 birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898   

1821  On this day in history birth of pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)   

1822  On this day in history birth of eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor   

1824  Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history birth of levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)   

1827  On this day in history birth of petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)   

1831  On May - 16 birth of david Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)   

1832  On this day in history birth of philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)   

1845  Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916) was born on May - 16.   

1850  Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1857  On May - 16 birth of juan Morel Campos, composer   

1858  Frank Lynes, composer was born on May - 16.   

1858  On this day in history birth of hanus Trnecek, composer   

1860  Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history birth of ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)   

1878  Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely) was born on this day in history.   

1880  On May - 16 birth of julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)   

1887  On this day in history birth of bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)   

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0583  On May - 16 death of saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)   

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

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

1657  On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

1667  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607) on May - 16.