Top Historical Events That Happened on February 16

1746  Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic   

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

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies.   

1760  Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC.   

1771  Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy   

1774  Pierre Rode, composer.   

1777  Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice).   

1779  William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies.   

1787  Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer   

1788  Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer.   

1790  Chretien Urhan, composer.   

1791  Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58   

1799  Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts and Bayern), dies at 74.   

1803  Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56   

1804  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 and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it.   

1807  Lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1812  Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)   

1813  Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892   

1815  USS Constitution captures British Susannah.   

1821  Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa).   

1822  Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist and geneticist   

1823  John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69.   

1824  Athenaeum founded   

1825  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  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34.   

1826  Franz von Holstein, composer   

1829  Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95.   

1831  Nikolai Leskow, writer   

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

1832  Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army).   

1834  Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist is born   

1834  Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (leads to of Evolution).   

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1032  Emperor yingzong of china: Emperor yingzong of china (d. 1067)   

1075  Ordericus vitalis: French monk/historian/poet   

1497  Philipp melanchthon: Germ, protestant reformer (augsburgse confessie)   

1519  Gaspard de coligny: Huguenot leader/french admiral   

1543  Kano eitoku: Japanese painter   

1620  Frederick william: Great elector, founder of brandenburg-prussia   

1643  John sharp: English archbishop of york   

1669  Arnold boonen: Dutch portrait painter   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van caesarea: Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu dja'far mohammed djarir al-tabari: Islamic historian,   

1247  Death of Heinrich raspe: Landgrave of thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  Afonso iii: King of portugal (1248-79),   

1391  Death of Johannes v palaeologus: Emperor of byzantium (1341-91),   

1531  Johannes stöffler: German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  Everhard/erardus van de mark: Prince-bishop of liege,   

1560  Jean du bellay: French catholic cardinal and diplomat