Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

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 February - 16.   

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  On this day in history everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  On this day in history death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat   

1653  Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1710  On February - 16 death of esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) on February - 16.   

1754  On February - 16 richard Mead, physician, dies   

1779  William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on February - 16.   

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  On February - 16 death of georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758).   

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1825  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 on February - 16.   

1829  On this day in history 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  On February - 16 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)   

1851  On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95   

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

1858  Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on February - 16.   

1864  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1899  On February - 16 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  On this day in history death of giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)   

1910  On February - 16 albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75   

1912  On this day in history edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies   

1915  Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies on February - 16.   

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1032  On this day in history birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)   

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

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on February - 16.   

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

1620  On this day in history birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on February - 16.   

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