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  Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) was born on February - 16.  

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

1838  Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist was born on this day in history.  

1838  Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams) was born on February - 16.  

1847  On February - 16 birth of ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)  

1848  On February - 16 birth of hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)  

1850  Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid) was born on February - 16.  

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

1852  William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes) was born on this day in history.  

1854  Oscar Fetras, composer was born on this day in history.  

1856  Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) was born on February - 16.  

1856  On February - 16 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  Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born on this day in history.  

1866  Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28] was born on February - 16.  

1866  William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player was born on this day in history.  

1868  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)  

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

1876  On February - 16 birth of george Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)  

1878  Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl) was born on February - 16.  

1880  On this day in history birth of frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)  

1881  On February - 16 birth of maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)  

1883  Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980) was born on February - 16.  

1884  On this day in history birth of robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North)  

1886  Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl) was born on this day in history.  

1886  Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain) was born on this day in history.  

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

1890  On February - 16 birth of semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer  

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 February - 16.  

1898  On this day in history birth of katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)  

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0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.  

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 this day in history afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies  

1391  On February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies  

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.