Historical Events In May - 16

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

0955  Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope on May - 16.   

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

1527  On this day in history 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  Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on this day in history.   

1568  On May - 16 mary Queen of Scotland flees to England   

1569  Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

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

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

1606  On May - 16 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia   

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

1641  On May - 16 dudley North, financier/economist   

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

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

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

1659  On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

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

1703  On May - 16 charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies   

1747  Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1747  On May - 16 prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth   

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

1754  On this day in history giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76   

1761  On May - 16 john Opie, artist   

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

1763  On May - 16 samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London   

1763  James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson on this day in history.   

1763  Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) on this day in history.   

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

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

1609  Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

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

1659  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on May - 16.   

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 May - 16.   

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

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

1669  On this day in history pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies