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 this day in history.   

1247  On February - 16 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 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  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  On this day in history richard Mead, physician, dies   

1779  William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.   

1791  Death of Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on February - 16.   

1799  Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1803  Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 February - 16.   

1825  On this day in history george Gerson, composer, dies at 34   

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

1834  On February - 16 lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies   

1844  Death of Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) on February - 16.   

1851  On February - 16 anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95   

1857  On February - 16 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77   

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

1864  On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58   

1892  On February - 16 henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies   

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

1907  Death of Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.   

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

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

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

1643  On this day in history birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  On this day in history birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter