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| May 16th, 2007 (May 16 2007) | Event | Alex Salmond is elected First Minister of Scotlandied in He is the first Scottish National Party leader to be elected as First Minister after winning an historic victory at the Scottish general election on the 3rd May. | |
| May 16th, 2006 (May 16 2006) | Event | A large earthquake (7.4 on the Richter scale) occurs near New Zealand. | |
| May 16th, 2005 (May 16 2005) | Event | Kuwait permits women s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote. | |
| May 16th, 2004 (May 16 2004) | Event | The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians. | |
| May 16th, 2003 (May 16 2003) | Event | In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. | |
| May 16th, 2003 (May 16 2003) | Death | Mark McCormack, American businessman (born in 1930) | |
| May 16th, 2002 (May 16 2002) | Death | Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC (born in 1899) | |
| May 16th, 2002 (May 16 2002) | Death | Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (born in 1968) | |
| May 16th, 2001 (May 16 2001) | Death | Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (born in 1944) | |
| May 16th, 2000 (May 16 2000) | Death | Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (born in 1988) | |
| May 16th, 1997 (May 16 1997) | Death | Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (born in 1903) | |
| May 16th, 1996 (May 16 1996) | Death | Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (born in 1939) | |
| May 16th, 1994 (May 16 1994) | Death | Jack Dodson, American actor (born in 1931) | |
| May 16th, 1993 (May 16 1993) | Death | Marv Johnson, American R&B and soul singer (born in 1938) | |
| May 16th, 1992 (May 16 1992) | Event | STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage. | |
| May 16th, 1992 (May 16 1992) | Death | Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b, 1960) | |
| May 16th, 1990 (May 16 1990) | Death | Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (born in 1925) | |
| May 16th, 1990 (May 16 1990) | Death | Jim Henson, American puppeteer (born in 1936) | |
| May 16th, 1988 (May 16 1988) | Event | A report by United States Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. | C. Everett Koop Quotes |
| May 16th, 1988 (May 16 1988) | Death | Charles Keeping, English illustrator (born in 1924) | Charles Keeping Quotes |
| May 16th, 1986 (May 16 1986) | Event | The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain. | |
| May 16th, 1986 (May 16 1986) | Birth | Megan Fox, American actress | |
| May 16th, 1986 (May 16 1986) | Birth | Andy Keogh, Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers) | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Birth | Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Birth | Anja Mittag, German footballer | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Birth | Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 16th, 1985 (May 16 1985) | Death | Margaret Hamilton, American actress (born in 1902) | |
| May 16th, 1984 (May 16 1984) | Birth | Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler | |
| May 16th, 1984 (May 16 1984) | Birth | Jensen Lewis, American baseball player | |
| May 16th, 1984 (May 16 1984) | Death | Andy Kaufman, American comedian (born in 1949) | |
| May 16th, 1984 (May 16 1984) | Death | Irwin Shaw, American author (born in 1913) | |
| May 16th, 1983 (May 16 1983) | Event | Sudan People s Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government. | |
| May 16th, 1983 (May 16 1983) | Birth | Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer | |
| May 16th, 1983 (May 16 1983) | Birth | Mince Fratelli, Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis) | |
| May 16th, 1983 (May 16 1983) | Birth | Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 16th, 1982 (May 16 1982) | Birth | Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model | |
| May 16th, 1982 (May 16 1982) | Birth | Lukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player | |
| May 16th, 1982 (May 16 1982) | Birth | Hanna Marien, Belgian athlete | |
| May 16th, 1981 (May 16 1981) | Birth | Jim Sturgess, English actor | |
| May 16th, 1981 (May 16 1981) | Death | Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (born in 1922) | |
| May 16th, 1980 (May 16 1980) | Birth | Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer | |
| May 16th, 1980 (May 16 1980) | Birth | Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player | |
| May 16th, 1979 (May 16 1979) | Birth | McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress | |
| May 16th, 1979 (May 16 1979) | Death | A. Philip Randolph, American civil rights activist and labor union leader (born in 1889) | |
| May 16th, 1978 (May 16 1978) | Birth | David Ford, English singer/songwriter | |
| May 16th, 1978 (May 16 1978) | Birth | Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer | |
| May 16th, 1977 (May 16 1977) | Birth | Dolcenera, Italian singer | |
| May 16th, 1977 (May 16 1977) | Birth | Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Event | India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote was in favour of merging with India. | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Event | Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Birth | Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica) | |
| May 16th, 1975 (May 16 1975) | Birth | Tonex, American singer | |
| May 16th, 1974 (May 16 1974) | Event | Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life. | Josip Broz Tito Quotes |
| May 16th, 1974 (May 16 1974) | Birth | Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer | |
| May 16th, 1974 (May 16 1974) | Birth | Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.) | |
| May 16th, 1973 (May 16 1973) | Birth | Special Ed, American rapper | |
| May 16th, 1973 (May 16 1973) | Birth | Tori Spelling, American actress | |
| May 16th, 1973 (May 16 1973) | Birth | Jason Acuna "Wee-Man", American television personality | |
| May 16th, 1972 (May 16 1972) | Birth | Khary Payton, American actor | |
| May 16th, 1971 (May 16 1971) | Birth | Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3) | |
| May 16th, 1970 (May 16 1970) | Birth | Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player | |
| May 16th, 1970 (May 16 1970) | Birth | Danielle Spencer, Australian singer and actress | |
| May 16th, 1969 (May 16 1969) | Event | Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus. | |
| May 16th, 1969 (May 16 1969) | Birth | David Boreanaz, American actor | |
| May 16th, 1969 (May 16 1969) | Birth | Tucker Carlson, American television commentator | Tucker Carlson Quotes |
| May 16th, 1969 (May 16 1969) | Birth | Tracey Gold, American actress | |
| May 16th, 1969 (May 16 1969) | Birth | Steve Lewis, American athlete | |
| May 16th, 1969 (May 16 1969) | Death | Robert R., first confirmed death from AIDS in North America (born in 1954) | |
| May 16th, 1968 (May 16 1968) | Birth | Ralph Tresvant, American singer (New Edition) | |
| May 16th, 1968 (May 16 1968) | Birth | Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress | |
| May 16th, 1967 (May 16 1967) | Event | The city of Jerusalem is captured by Israel during the six-day war | |
| May 16th, 1966 (May 16 1966) | Event | The Communist Party of China issues the May 16 Notice , marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. | |
| May 16th, 1966 (May 16 1966) | Birth | Janet Jackson, American singer | Janet Jackson Quotes |
| May 16th, 1966 (May 16 1966) | Birth | Scott Reeves, American actor and singer | |
| May 16th, 1966 (May 16 1966) | Birth | Thurman Thomas, American football player | |
| May 16th, 1965 (May 16 1965) | Event | The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand. | |
| May 16th, 1965 (May 16 1965) | Birth | Krist Novoselic, American bassist (Nirvana) | |
| May 16th, 1964 (May 16 1964) | Birth | John Salley, American basketball player | |
| May 16th, 1964 (May 16 1964) | Birth | Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band) | Dave Matthews Quotes |
| May 16th, 1964 (May 16 1964) | Birth | Edit Berces, Hungarian Ultra-Marathon runner | |
| May 16th, 1963 (May 16 1963) | Birth | Jon Coffelt, American artist | |
| May 16th, 1963 (May 16 1963) | Birth | Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician | |
| May 16th, 1961 (May 16 1961) | Birth | Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor | |
| May 16th, 1961 (May 16 1961) | Birth | Charles Wright, American professional wrestler known as "The Godfather" | |
| May 16th, 1961 (May 16 1961) | Death | George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (born in 1881) | |
| May 16th, 1960 (May 16 1960) | Event | Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris. | Nikita Khrushchev Quotes |
| May 16th, 1960 (May 16 1960) | Event | Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. | |
| May 16th, 1959 (May 16 1959) | Birth | Mare Winningham, American actress | |
| May 16th, 1959 (May 16 1959) | Death | Elisha Scott, Northern Irish footballer (born in 1894) | |
| May 16th, 1957 (May 16 1957) | Death | Eliot Ness, American federal agent (born in 1903) | |
| May 16th, 1956 (May 16 1956) | Death | H. B. Reese, American founder of Reese s (born in 1876) | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Olga Korbut, Russian gymnast | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Jack Morris, American baseball player | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Hazel O Connor, English singer | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Birth | Debra Winger, American actress | |
| May 16th, 1955 (May 16 1955) | Death | James Agee, American writer (born in 1909) | |
| May 16th, 1954 (May 16 1954) | Birth | Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut | |
| May 16th, 1954 (May 16 1954) | Death | Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (born in 1893) | |
| May 16th, 1953 (May 16 1953) | Birth | Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor | |
| May 16th, 1953 (May 16 1953) | Death | Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (born in 1910) | |
| May 16th, 1952 (May 16 1952) | Birth | James Herndon, American media psychologist | |
| May 16th, 1951 (May 16 1951) | Event | The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. | |
| May 16th, 1951 (May 16 1951) | Birth | Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer | |
| May 16th, 1951 (May 16 1951) | Birth | Jonathan Richman, American proto-punk icon | |
| May 16th, 1950 (May 16 1950) | Birth | J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| May 16th, 1950 (May 16 1950) | Birth | Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician | |
| May 16th, 1948 (May 16 1948) | Event | Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel. | |
| May 16th, 1948 (May 16 1948) | Birth | Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress | |
| May 16th, 1948 (May 16 1948) | Birth | Judy Finnegan, English TV presenter (Richard & Judy) | |
| May 16th, 1947 (May 16 1947) | Birth | Bill Smitrovich, American actor | |
| May 16th, 1947 (May 16 1947) | Death | Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1861) | |
| May 16th, 1946 (May 16 1946) | Birth | Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson) | |
| May 16th, 1946 (May 16 1946) | Birth | Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat) | |
| May 16th, 1945 (May 16 1945) | Birth | Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro) | |
| May 16th, 1944 (May 16 1944) | Birth | Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer | |
| May 16th, 1944 (May 16 1944) | Birth | Danny Trejo, American actor | |
| May 16th, 1944 (May 16 1944) | Death | George Ade, American author (born in 1866) | George Ade Quotes |
| May 16th, 1943 (May 16 1943) | Event | Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. | |
| May 16th, 1943 (May 16 1943) | Death | Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (born in 1865) | |
| May 16th, 1937 (May 16 1937) | Birth | Yvonne Craig, American actress | |
| May 16th, 1936 (May 16 1936) | Birth | Roy Hudd, English radio and television actor | |
| May 16th, 1936 (May 16 1936) | Birth | Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal | |
| May 16th, 1935 (May 16 1935) | Birth | James Bolam, English actor | |
| May 16th, 1931 (May 16 1931) | Birth | Jack Dodson, American actor (died in 1994) | |
| May 16th, 1931 (May 16 1931) | Birth | Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director | |
| May 16th, 1931 (May 16 1931) | Birth | Natwar Singh, Indian politician | |
| May 16th, 1931 (May 16 1931) | Birth | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician | |
| May 16th, 1931 (May 16 1931) | Birth | Hana Brady, Killed during Holocaust | |
| May 16th, 1930 (May 16 1930) | Birth | Betty Carter, American jazz singer (died in 1998) | |
| May 16th, 1930 (May 16 1930) | Birth | Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (died in 2000) | |
| May 16th, 1929 (May 16 1929) | Event | In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out. | |
| May 16th, 1929 (May 16 1929) | Birth | John Conyers, American politician | |
| May 16th, 1929 (May 16 1929) | Birth | Claude Morin, French Canadian politician | |
| May 16th, 1929 (May 16 1929) | Birth | Adrienne Rich, American writer | Adrienne Rich Quotes |
| May 16th, 1928 (May 16 1928) | Birth | Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (died in 1989) | |
| May 16th, 1927 (May 16 1927) | Birth | Nilton Santos, Brazilian footballer | |
| May 16th, 1926 (May 16 1926) | Death | Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (born in 1861) | |
| May 16th, 1925 (May 16 1925) | Birth | Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer | |
| May 16th, 1923 (May 16 1923) | Birth | Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (died in 2000) | |
| May 16th, 1921 (May 16 1921) | Birth | Harry Carey, Jr., American actor | |
| May 16th, 1920 (May 16 1920) | Event | In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint. | Joan of Arc Quotes |
| May 16th, 1920 (May 16 1920) | Birth | Martine Carol, French actress (died in 1967) | |
| May 16th, 1920 (May 16 1920) | Death | Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (born in 1824) | |
| May 16th, 1919 (May 16 1919) | Event | A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. | |
| May 16th, 1919 (May 16 1919) | Birth | Liberace, American pianist (died in 1987) | |
| May 16th, 1919 (May 16 1919) | Birth | Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (died in 2004) | |
| May 16th, 1918 (May 16 1918) | Event | The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense. | |
| May 16th, 1918 (May 16 1918) | Birth | Wilf Mannion, English former footballer (died in 2000) | |
| May 16th, 1917 (May 16 1917) | Birth | Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (died in 1986) | |
| May 16th, 1917 (May 16 1917) | Birth | James C. Murray, American politician (died in 1999) | |
| May 16th, 1917 (May 16 1917) | Birth | George Gaynes, American actor | |
| May 16th, 1916 (May 16 1916) | Birth | Adriana Caselotti, American actress (died in 1997) | |
| May 16th, 1914 (May 16 1914) | Event | The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is playedied in Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1. | |
| May 16th, 1914 (May 16 1914) | Birth | Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author | |
| May 16th, 1913 (May 16 1913) | Birth | Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (died in 1987) | |
| May 16th, 1913 (May 16 1913) | Death | Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (born in 1849) | |
| May 16th, 1912 (May 16 1912) | Birth | Studs Terkel, American writer | |
| May 16th, 1910 (May 16 1910) | Event | The United States Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines. | |
| May 16th, 1910 (May 16 1910) | Birth | Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (died in 1975) | |
| May 16th, 1910 (May 16 1910) | Birth | Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (died in 1972) | |
| May 16th, 1909 (May 16 1909) | Birth | Margaret Sullavan, American actress (died in 1960) | |
| May 16th, 1906 (May 16 1906) | Birth | Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (died in 1988) | |
| May 16th, 1906 (May 16 1906) | Birth | Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (died in 2001) | |
| May 16th, 1906 (May 16 1906) | Birth | Margret Rey, author and illustrator (died in 1996) | |
| May 16th, 1905 (May 16 1905) | Birth | Henry Fonda, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| May 16th, 1898 (May 16 1898) | Birth | Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (died in 1980) | |
| May 16th, 1898 (May 16 1898) | Birth | Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (died in 1956) | |
| May 16th, 1891 (May 16 1891) | Birth | Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (died in 1948) | |
| May 16th, 1891 (May 16 1891) | Death | Ion Bratianu, Romanian statesman (born in 1821) | |
| May 16th, 1877 (May 16 1877) | Event | May 16, 1877 political crisis in France. | |
| May 16th, 1874 (May 16 1874) | Event | A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. | |
| May 16th, 1868 (May 16 1868) | Event | President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate. | Andrew Johnson Quotes |
| May 16th, 1866 (May 16 1866) | Event | The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel. | |
| May 16th, 1866 (May 16 1866) | Event | Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer. | |
| May 16th, 1845 (May 16 1845) | Birth | Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (died in 1916) | |
| May 16th, 1843 (May 16 1843) | Event | The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri. | |
| May 16th, 1836 (May 16 1836) | Event | Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia. | Edgar Allan Poe Quotes |
| May 16th, 1831 (May 16 1831) | Birth | David E. Hughes, American musician (died in 1900) | |
| May 16th, 1830 (May 16 1830) | Death | Joseph Fourier, French scientist (born in 1768) | |
| May 16th, 1827 (May 16 1827) | Birth | Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (died in 1921) | |
| May 16th, 1824 (May 16 1824) | Birth | Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrison (d.1920) | |
| May 16th, 1822 (May 16 1822) | Event | Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. | |
| May 16th, 1821 (May 16 1821) | Birth | Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (died in 1894) | |
| May 16th, 1815 (May 16 1815) | Event | The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains. | |
| May 16th, 1811 (May 16 1811) | Event | Peninsular WarThe allies Spain, Portugal and Britain, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera. | |
| May 16th, 1801 (May 16 1801) | Birth | William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ?/acre (died in 1872) | |
| May 16th, 1790 (May 16 1790) | Death | Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (born in 1720) | |
| May 16th, 1788 (May 16 1788) | Birth | Friedrich Ruckert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (died in 1866) | |
| May 16th, 1782 (May 16 1782) | Death | Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (born in 1736) | |
| May 16th, 1778 (May 16 1778) | Death | Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (born in 1718) | |
| May 16th, 1777 (May 16 1777) | Event | Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, dies three days later. | |
| May 16th, 1771 (May 16 1771) | Event | 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. | |
| May 16th, 1770 (May 16 1770) | Event | 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France. | Marie Antoinette Quotes |
| May 16th, 1763 (May 16 1763) | Birth | Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (died in 1829) | |
| May 16th, 1718 (May 16 1718) | Birth | Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (died in 1799) | |
| May 16th, 1710 (May 16 1710) | Birth | William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (died in 1782) | |
| May 16th, 1703 (May 16 1703) | Death | Charles Perrault, French author (born in 1628) | Charles Perrault Quotes |
| May 16th, 1691 (May 16 1691) | Death | Jacob Leisler, American colonist (born in 1640) | |
| May 16th, 1669 (May 16 1669) | Death | Pietro da Cortona, Italian architect (born in 1596) | |
| May 16th, 1667 (May 16 1667) | Death | Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (born in 1607) | |
| May 16th, 1657 (May 16 1657) | Death | Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (born in 1591) | |
| May 16th, 1620 (May 16 1620) | Death | William Adams, English navigator (born in 1564) | |
| May 16th, 1611 (May 16 1611) | Birth | Pope Innocent XI (died in 1689) | |
| May 16th, 1578 (May 16 1578) | Birth | Everard Digby, English conspirator (died in 1606) | |
| May 16th, 1568 (May 16 1568) | Event | Mary Queen of Scots flees to England. | |
| May 16th, 1532 (May 16 1532) | Event | Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. | |
| May 16th, 1527 (May 16 1527) | Event | The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. | |
| May 16th, 1490 (May 16 1490) | Birth | Duke Albert of Prussia (died in 1568) | |
| May 16th, 1265 (May 16 1265) | Death | Saint Simon Stock, English saint (born in 1165) | |
| May 16th, 1204 (May 16 1204) | Event | Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. | |
| May 16th, 0583 (May 16 0583) | Death | Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (born in 484) | |
