Famous Deaths In February - 16
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0309 On February - 16 death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded
0923 On this day in history abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83
1247 Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.
1279 Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on this day in history.
1391 Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on February - 16.
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 February - 16.
1560 Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on February - 16.
1653 Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 on February - 16.
1710 Death of Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) on this day in history.
1721 Death of James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) on this day in history.
1754 Richard Mead, physician, dies on this day in history.
1779 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on February - 16.
1791 Death of Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on February - 16.
1799 On this day in history charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74
1803 On this day in history jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
1820 Death of Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758) on February - 16.
1823 Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on February - 16.
1825 On February - 16 george Gerson, composer, dies at 34
1829 On February - 16 francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
1834 On this day in history lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
1844 Death of Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) on this day in history.
1851 Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 on February - 16.
1857 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1858 Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on February - 16.
1864 On February - 16 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58
1892 Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies on this day in history.
1898 Death of Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) on February - 16.
1899 On this day in history francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
1900 On this day in history george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1907 Death of Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) on this day in history.
1910 Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 on February - 16.
1912 Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on February - 16.
1915 On February - 16 emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies
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