Page 2: Historical Events In May - 16

1768  On this day in history cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81   

1770  Marie Antoinette (age 14) marries the future King Louis VI of France (age 15) on this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history the Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette get married   

1770  On May - 16 marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France   

1771  On this day in history the Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.   

1777  Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.   

1782  John Sell Cotman, water color artist on this day in history.   

1782  Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies on May - 16.   

1791  Near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred on this day in history.   

1792  Denmark abolishes slave trade on May - 16.   

1795  On May - 16 hedges Treaty Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1795  On this day in history hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state   

1796  On this day in history lombardije Republic forms   

1803  On this day in history britain and France renew war, the French complete their occupation of Hanover, and they threaten to invade England from Boulogne, where they begin to assemble an invasion fleet   

1803  Peace of Amiens ends on May - 16.   

1804  On May - 16 napoleon declared Emperor of France   

1804  Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France on this day in history.   

1804  Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) on May - 16.   

1805  On May - 16 christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68   

1806  George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 on this day in history.   

1811  Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera on May - 16.   

1815  On this day in history the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.   

1816  On this day in history henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886   

1817  On this day in history mississippi River steamboat service begins   

1819  Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898 on this day in history.   

1819  Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1822  On May - 16 greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.   

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

1824  On May - 16 edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893   

1827  Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history william Congreve, English officer, dies at 56   

1830  Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies on May - 16.   

1831  On this day in history david Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)   

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

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1558  On May - 16 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  Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history 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 May - 16.   

0942  On May - 16 saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies   

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  Death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr on May - 16.   

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.   

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