Page 2: Historical Events In February - 16

1742  Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier on this day in history.   

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  1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history richard Mead, physician, dies   

1760  Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC on February - 16.   

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  On February - 16 messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)   

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

1787  Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer on this day in history.   

1788  Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer on this day in history.   

1790  Chretien Urhan, composer on this day in history.   

1791  Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on this day in history.   

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.   

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 February - 16.   

1807  On February - 16 lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1812  Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75) on this day in history.   

1813  Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892 on this day in history.   

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  John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on February - 16.   

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

1824  On February - 16 athenaeum founded   

1825  On this day in history 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 on February - 16.   

1826  On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer   

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

1831  On this day in history nikolai Leskow, writer   

1832  On February - 16 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1ºN, 29ºW)   

1832  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W)   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

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

1497  On February - 16 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  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  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on February - 16.   

0923  On February - 16 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 this day in history.   

1391  On this day in history johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  On February - 16 death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on February - 16.   

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