Famous Deaths In February - 16

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

0923  On February - 16 abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83   

1247  On this day in history 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  On February - 16 death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  On this day in history everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on February - 16.   

1653  On February - 16 johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70   

1710  On February - 16 death of esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) on February - 16.   

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies on February - 16.   

1779  William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on February - 16.   

1791  Death of Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on this day in history.   

1799  On February - 16 charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74   

1803  On February - 16 jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56   

1820  On this day in history death of georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758).   

1823  On this day in history johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69   

1825  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 on February - 16.   

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

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

1844  Death of Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) on this day in history.   

1851  Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 on February - 16.   

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

1858  Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1864  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1898  Death of Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) on February - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1907  On February - 16 death of giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)   

1910  Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 on February - 16.   

1912  Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on February - 16.   

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

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

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

1497  On February - 16 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

1519  On February - 16 birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

1543  On February - 16 birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

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

1643  On this day in history birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on February - 16.