Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

0309  On this day in history death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  On February - 16 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat   

1653  Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 on February - 16.   

1710  On this day in history death of esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)   

1721  On February - 16 death of james Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)   

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies on this day in history.   

1779  On February - 16 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

1791  On this day in history death of richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58   

1799  On this day in history charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74   

1803  On February - 16 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  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1829  Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77   

1858  On February - 16 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86   

1864  On February - 16 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58   

1892  Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies on February - 16.   

1898  Death of Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57   

1900  On February - 16 george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle   

1907  Death of Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) on February - 16.   

1910  Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1912  Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

1075  On February - 16 birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

1543  On this day in history birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1643  On February - 16 birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on February - 16.