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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 16 1378

    Hongxi Emperor [Zhu Gaochi] fourth Emperor of Ming Dynasty of China born in Nanjing China (d. 1425)

    Aug 16 1397

    Albrecht II von Habsburg King of Bohemia Hungary and Germany born in Vienna Austria (d. 1439)

    Aug 16 1401

    Jacqueline Countess of Hainaut dauphine of France (d. 1436)

    Aug 16 1550

    Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan] Dutch lawyer pastor and vicar born in Arnhem Netherlands (d. 1606)

    Aug 16 1557

    Agostino Carracci Italian artist (Communion of St. Jerome) born in Bologna Italy (d. 1602)

    Aug 16 1573

    Anna of Austria queen of Poland born in Graz Austria (d. 1598)

    Aug 16 1637

    Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt German countess and poet (d. 1706)

    Aug 16 1645

    Jean de La Bruyre French writer (The Characters or the Manners of the Age with The Characters of Theophrastus) born in Paris (d. 1696)

    Aug 16 1650

    Vincenzo Coronelli Italian cartographer and encylopedist born in Venice Italy (d. 1718)

    Aug 16 1682

    Louis duc de Bourgogne heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712)

    Aug 16 1815

    John Bosco Italian priest youth worker educator founder of the Salesian Society born in Castelnuovo Don Bosco Italy (d. 1888)

    Aug 16 1820

    Andrew Rainsford Wetmore Canadian politician born in Fredericton Canada (d. 1892)

    Aug 16 1828

    Joseph Bradford Carr American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Albany New York (d. 1895)

    Aug 16 1831

    Edward Payson Chapin American lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Waterloo New York (d. 1863)

    Aug 16 1831

    Ebenezer Cobb Morley English sportsman (drafted first FA rules) born in Kingston upon Hull England (d. 1924)

    Aug 16 1832

    Wilhelm Wundt German physiologist psychologist and philosopher born in Mannheim Germany (d. 1920)

    Aug 16 1836

    John Farmer English composer born in Nottingham (d. 1901)

    Aug 16 1837

    Emile A. H. Seipgens Dutch priest writer and beer brewer born in Roermond Netherlands (d. )

    Aug 16 1842

    Jakob Rosanes German mathematician (algebraic geometry and invariant theory) born in Brody Ukraine (d. 1922)

    Aug 16 1845

    Gabriel Lippmann French physicist and inventor born in Bonnevoie Luxembourg City Luxembourg (d. 1921)

    Aug 16 1846

    Justus van Maurik Dutch author and cigar manufacturer born in Amsterdam (d. 1904)

    Aug 16 1858

    Arthur Achleitner German writer born in Straubing Germany (d. 1927)

    Aug 16 1860

    Jules Laforgue French poet (Les Complaintas) born in Montevideo Uruguay (d. 1887)

    Aug 16 1860

    Lord Hawke [Martin Bladen Hawke] English cricketer (England batsman 1890s) born in Gainsborough Lincolnshire England (d. 1938)

    Aug 16 1862

    Amos Alonzo Stagg American athlete and American football pioneer born in West Orange New Jersey (d. 1965)

    Aug 16 1864

    Ferdinand C. S. Schiller German-British philosopher (Riddles of the Sphinx) born in Altona Holstein German Confederation (d. 1937)

    Aug 16 1867

    Antonio Nobre Portuguese poet (S) born in Porto Portugal (d. 1900)

    Aug 16 1868

    Charles Sanford Skilton American composer (Suite Primeval) born in Northhampton Massachusetts (d. 1941)

    Aug 16 1868

    Bernarr McFadden American physical culture advocate credited with beginning the culture of health and fitness in the United States born in Mill Spring Missouri (d. 1955)

    Aug 16 1871

    Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili Georgian composer (Abesalom and Eteri) born in Kutaisi (d. 1933 )

    Aug 16 1876

    Ivan Bilibin Russian illustrator born in Seppl Russia (d. 1942)

    Aug 16 1882

    Pierre H. Ritter Jr Dutch literary writer and journalist born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1962)

    Aug 16 1884

    Adrian S Oppenheim Dutch lawyeradviser (British PetroleumShell)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 16 1384 Hongwu Emperor of Ming China Emperor Dong hears case of couple who tore money bills while fighting over them (equal to act of destroying stamped government documents - law necessitated 100 floggings). Hongwu Emperor decides to pardon them.

    Aug 16 1570 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II

    Aug 16 1625 Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe

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