Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

0309  On February - 16 death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on February - 16.   

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  On this day in history johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on February - 16.   

1538  On this day in history everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on this day in history.   

1653  On February - 16 johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70   

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  On February - 16 richard Mead, physician, dies   

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  Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74 on February - 16.   

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  Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95 on February - 16.   

1834  Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies on February - 16.   

1844  On February - 16 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)   

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  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 on February - 16.   

1892  On this day in history henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies   

1898  On February - 16 death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)   

1899  Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1900  George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle on February - 16.   

1907  On February - 16 death of giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)   

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

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on February - 16.   

1620  On February - 16 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  On February - 16 birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter