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Historical Events In February - 16

Friday, 29 March 2024

1742  On this day in history earl of Wilmington becomes British premier  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1746  On this day in history government forces under Lord Louden attempted to capture Prince Charles Edward stewart at Moy Hall but were surprised and routed by a handful of Jacobites. The only death in the Rout of Moy was Duncan Bam MacCrimmon, Hereditory Piper to the MacLeods of Dunvegan, who took the Hanoverian side in the 45.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1746  On this day in history johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1751  On this day in history 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1760  Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1771  Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1774  Pierre Rode, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1777  Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice) on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1779  On this day in history william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1787  Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1788  Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1790  On February - 16 chretien Urhan, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1791  On February - 16 richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1799  On this day in history charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1803  On February - 16 jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1804  On February - 16 lieutenant Stephen Decatur, with volunteers from frigate Constitution and schooner Enterprise, enters Tripoli harbor by night in the ketch Intrepid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia. Decatur's raid succeeds without American losses. England's Lord Nelson calls this "the most daring act of the age."  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1804  On this day in history lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1807  Lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75) on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1813  On February - 16 joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1815  USS Constitution captures British Susannah on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1821  On February - 16 heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1822  On this day in history francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1823  John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  On February - 16 athenaeum founded  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1825  On this day in history explorer John Franklin 1786-1847 leaves England on second expedition, with George Back, John Richardson, and surveyor Edward Kendall, to explore from the Mackenzie Delta  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1825  On this day in history george Gerson, composer, dies at 34  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1826  On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1829  On February - 16 francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1831  On February - 16 nikolai Leskow, writer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1ºN, 29ºW) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1832  On February - 16 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In February - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1075  On February - 16 birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  On this day in history birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1643  On February - 16 birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In February - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1247  On February - 16 death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1279  On February - 16 afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1391  On this day in history johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on February - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  On this day in history everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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