Famous Birthdays In February - 16

1831  On this day in history birth of nikolai Leskow, writer  

1832  On this day in history birth of camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)  

1834  On February - 16 birth of ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution)  

1836  On February - 16 birth of benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer  

1838  On this day in history birth of arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist  

1838  Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams) was born on this day in history.  

1847  Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born on this day in history.  

1848  Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) was born on February - 16.  

1850  On February - 16 birth of octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)  

1852  On February - 16 birth of charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)  

1852  On this day in history birth of william Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)  

1854  On February - 16 birth of oscar Fetras, composer  

1856  On this day in history birth of willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)  

1856  On this day in history birth of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)  

1858  Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) was born on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history birth of johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King)  

1866  On February - 16 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]  

1866  On February - 16 birth of william "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player  

1868  Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos) was born on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history birth of marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)  

1876  George Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi) was born on this day in history.  

1878  On this day in history birth of selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)  

1880  Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.  

1881  Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet) was born on February - 16.  

1883  On February - 16 birth of elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980)  

1884  Robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North) was born on this day in history.  

1886  Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl) was born on February - 16.  

1886  On February - 16 birth of van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)  

1887  Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962) was born on February - 16.  

1890  Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer was born on this day in history.  

1891  Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) was born on February - 16.  

1893  Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS] was born on this day in history.  

1896  Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin) was born on this day in history.  

1898  Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) was born on February - 16.  

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0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on February - 16.  

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

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.  

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

1391  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on February - 16.  

1531  On this day in history death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)  

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

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