Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1032 On February - 16 birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
1075 Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on February - 16.
1497 Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on this day in history.
1519 Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on this day in history.
1543 On February - 16 birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
1620 Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on February - 16.
1643 John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.
1669 On February - 16 birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter
1684 On February - 16 birth of bohuslav M Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer
1684 Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer was born on this day in history.
1698 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) was born on this day in history.
1709 Charles Avison, composer was born on February - 16.
1727 Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.
1740 Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni) was born on this day in history.
1746 On February - 16 birth of johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic
1761 Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.
1774 Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.
1786 Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859) was born on this day in history.
1787 Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer was born on February - 16.
1788 On February - 16 birth of juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer
1790 Chretien Urhan, composer was born on this day in history.
1802 Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, American philosopher (d. 1866) was born on February - 16.
1804 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885) was born on this day in history.
1807 On February - 16 birth of lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1812 Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75) was born on February - 16.
1813 Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892 was born on February - 16.
1813 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer was born on this day in history.
1821 On February - 16 birth of heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)
1822 On this day in history birth of francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist
1822 On this day in history birth of james Patton Anderson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1823 On February - 16 birth of john Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1824 Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879) was born on this day in history.
1826 On February - 16 birth of franz von Holstein, composer
1826 Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Gaudeamus) was born on February - 16.