Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

0309  On this day in history death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1247  On February - 16 death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  On February - 16 afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

1391  On February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on February - 16.   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1560  On February - 16 death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat   

1653  Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history death of esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1754  On February - 16 richard Mead, physician, dies   

1779  On this day in history william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

1791  On this day in history death of richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58   

1799  On this day in history charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74   

1803  Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 on February - 16.   

1820  Death of Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758) on February - 16.   

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on February - 16.   

1825  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1829  Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95 on this day in history.   

1834  Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)   

1851  On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95   

1857  On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77   

1858  On February - 16 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86   

1864  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 on February - 16.   

1892  Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies on February - 16.   

1898  Death of Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) on this day in history.   

1899  Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1900  George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle on February - 16.   

1907  Death of Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) on this day in history.   

1910  Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1912  Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies   

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1032  On this day in history birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)   

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on February - 16.   

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on this day in history.   

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On February - 16 birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on February - 16.   

1669  On February - 16 birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter