Famous Personalities Born In May - 16

1558  On this day in history 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  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on May - 16.   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 16 birth of maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch was born on this day in history.   

1761  John Opie, artist was born on this day in history.   

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) was born on May - 16.   

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  On this day in history birth of william H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)   

1804  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)   

1806  On this day in history birth of george C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

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

1819  On this day in history birth of daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898   

1821  Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894) was born on May - 16.   

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

1824  On this day in history birth of edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893   

1824  Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) was born on this day in history.   

1827  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) was born on May - 16.   

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

1832  Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) was born on May - 16.   

1845  On this day in history birth of ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)   

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 May - 16 birth of hanus Trnecek, composer   

1860  Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896) was born on May - 16.   

1866  Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) was born on May - 16.   

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

1880  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)   

0942  Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies on May - 16.   

1265  On May - 16 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 this day in history.   

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