Famous Personalities Born In May - 16
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
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)