Page 2: Historical Events In February - 16

1742  Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier on February - 16.   

1746  On this day in history government forces under Lord Louden attempted to capture Prince Charles Edward stewart at Moy Hall but were surprised and routed by a handful of Jacobites. The only death in the Rout of Moy was Duncan Bam MacCrimmon, Hereditory Piper to the MacLeods of Dunvegan, who took the Hanoverian side in the 45.   

1746  Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic on February - 16.   

1751  On February - 16 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"   

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies on February - 16.   

1760  On February - 16 native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC   

1771  On this day in history messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy   

1774  On February - 16 pierre Rode, composer   

1777  Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice) on this day in history.   

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

1787  Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer on February - 16.   

1788  Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer on February - 16.   

1790  On February - 16 chretien Urhan, composer   

1791  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  Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history lieutenant Stephen Decatur, with volunteers from frigate Constitution and schooner Enterprise, enters Tripoli harbor by night in the ketch Intrepid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia. Decatur's raid succeeds without American losses. England's Lord Nelson calls this "the most daring act of the age."   

1804  Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1812  Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75) on February - 16.   

1813  Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892 on February - 16.   

1815  USS Constitution captures British Susannah on this day in history.   

1821  Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa) on February - 16.   

1822  On this day in history francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist   

1823  On February - 16 john Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on February - 16.   

1824  Athenaeum founded on this day in history.   

1825  On February - 16 explorer John Franklin 1786-1847 leaves England on second expedition, with George Back, John Richardson, and surveyor Edward Kendall, to explore from the Mackenzie Delta   

1825  On February - 16 george Gerson, composer, dies at 34   

1826  On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer   

1829  On February - 16 francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95   

1831  On this day in history nikolai Leskow, writer   

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1ºN, 29ºW) on February - 16.   

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W) on February - 16.   

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

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on February - 16.   

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  On February - 16 birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on February - 16.   

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

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

0309  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1279  On February - 16 afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

1391  On February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  On this day in history death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

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 February - 16.