Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1032 Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on this day in history.
1075 On February - 16 birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet
1497 Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.
1519 On February - 16 birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral
1543 Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on February - 16.
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 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 On February - 16 birth of bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer
1698 On February - 16 birth of pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
1709 On this day in history birth of charles Avison, composer
1727 On this day in history birth of nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817)
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 February - 16.
1774 Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.
1786 On February - 16 birth of grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
1787 On this day in history birth of andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer
1788 Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer was born on this day in history.
1790 Chretien Urhan, composer was born on February - 16.
1802 Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, American philosopher (d. 1866) was born on February - 16.
1804 On this day in history birth of karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
1807 Lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 was born on February - 16.
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 this day in history.
1813 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer was born on February - 16.
1821 On this day in history birth of heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)
1822 Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist was born on this day in history.
1822 On February - 16 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 On this day in history birth of peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
1826 On this day in history birth of franz von Holstein, composer
1826 Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Gaudeamus) was born on this day in history.