Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on this day in history.   

1165  Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine on May - 16.   

1204  On May - 16 baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.   

1434  Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 on May - 16.   

1527  On May - 16 florence becomes a republic   

1532  Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.   

1547  On May - 16 protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg   

1558  On this day in history andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on May - 16.   

1569  On this day in history dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1571  On this day in history johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM   

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM on this day in history.   

1584  7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal on this day in history.   

1605  On May - 16 camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V   

1606  2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  Dudley North, financier/economist on May - 16.   

1648  On May - 16 battle at Zólty Wody Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

1648  Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir on May - 16.   

1648  On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir   

1659  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

1691  On this day in history jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on this day in history.   

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands   

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth   

1748  On May - 16 antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1761  John Opie, artist on May - 16.   

1762  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 on May - 16.   

1763  Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London on this day in history.   

1763  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on May - 16.   

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

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1558  On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)   

1578  On May - 16 birth of everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)   

1609  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands   

1641  On May - 16 birth of dudley North, financier/economist   

1659  On May - 16 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

1710  William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) was born on May - 16.   

1718  Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history birth of antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch   

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

1265  On this day in history death of saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)   

1434  On this day in history pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60   

1569  On this day in history death of dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr   

1620  On May - 16 death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

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 this day in history.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on May - 16.