Historical Events In February - 16

1742  On this day in history earl of Wilmington becomes British premier   

1746  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 on February - 16.   

1746  Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic on this day in history.   

1751  1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" on this day in history.   

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies on this day in history.   

1760  Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC on this day in history.   

1771  On February - 16 messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy   

1774  Pierre Rode, composer on February - 16.   

1777  On this day in history messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)   

1779  William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on February - 16.   

1787  On February - 16 andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer   

1788  On this day in history juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer   

1790  On this day in history chretien Urhan, composer   

1791  On this day in history richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58   

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 February - 16.   

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  On February - 16 lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it   

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

1812  On February - 16 henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)   

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

1815  On this day in history uSS Constitution captures British Susannah   

1821  On this day in history heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)   

1822  On February - 16 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 February - 16.   

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  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 on February - 16.   

1826  On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer   

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

1831  On this day in history nikolai Leskow, writer   

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1ºN, 29ºW) on this day in history.   

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

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1032  On February - 16 birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)   

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

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

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  On this day in history birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

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

1669  On February - 16 birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1560  On February - 16 death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat