Historical Events In May - 16

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

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

1165  On this day in history ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine   

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

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 May - 16.   

1547  Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg on May - 16.   

1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on May - 16.   

1568  Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England on this day in history.   

1569  Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on this day in history.   

1571  Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM on May - 16.   

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

1584  On May - 16 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal   

1605  On this day in history 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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1691  Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason on this day in history.   

1703  Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies on May - 16.   

1747  On this day in history prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands   

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth on May - 16.   

1748  Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch on May - 16.   

1754  Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 on May - 16.   

1761  John Opie, artist on May - 16.   

1762  On this day in history ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86   

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 this day in history.   

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

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1558  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on May - 16.   

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  Dudley North, financier/economist was born on May - 16.   

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  On May - 16 birth of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)   

1718  On this day in history 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.   

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

1265  Death of Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165) on May - 16.   

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

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

1620  On this day in history death of william Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)   

1657  Death of Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591) on May - 16.   

1667  On this day in history death of thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)   

1669  Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies on this day in history.