5_16 Events in History.

458 Historic Events for May 16

1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75 Death
1822 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor Birth
1824 Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 Birth
1824 Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) Birth
1827 Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) Birth
1829 William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56 Death
1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies Death
1831 David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter) Birth
1832 Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) Birth
1835 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies Death

1845 Dietrich Sch„fer, German historian (Deutsche Hanse) Birth
1847 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 Death
1850 Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer Birth
1857 Juan Morel Campos, composer Birth
1858 Frank Lynes, composer Birth
1858 Hanus Trnecek, composer Birth
1860 -18] Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate Event
1861 Confederate govt offers war volunteers $10 premium Event
1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality Event
1862 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile Event
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 Death
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign Event
1863 Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 Death
1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties) Event
1864 Atlanta Campaign-battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13) Event