Historical Events In February - 16

1832  On February - 16 camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)  

1834  On February - 16 the birth of Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist  

1834  Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) on February - 16.  

1834  Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies on this day in history.  

1836  On February - 16 benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer  

1838  On this day in history kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions  

1838  The British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada on this day in history.  

1838  On this day in history arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist  

1840  On this day in history american Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica  

1846  On February - 16 battle of Sobraon ends first Sikh War in India  

1846  Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India on this day in history.  

1847  Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) on February - 16.  

1848  On this day in history hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)  

1850  On this day in history octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)  

1851  Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 on February - 16.  

1852  Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established on this day in history.  

1852  Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses) on February - 16.  

1854  On this day in history franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres  

1854  Oscar Fetras, composer on this day in history.  

1856  Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) on this day in history.  

1857  On February - 16 gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC)  

1857  On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77  

1858  On February - 16 laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)  

1858  Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on February - 16.  

1859  On February - 16 the French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.  

1860  Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse government resigns on February - 16.  

1860  On February - 16 dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse govt resigns  

1862  Ft Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender) on February - 16.  

1862  Ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender) on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army  

1864  On this day in history battle of Mobile, AL  

1864  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1866  The birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes the British Secretary of State for War.  

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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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)  

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

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.  

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

0309  On this day in history death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded  

0923  On this day in history abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83  

1247  On this day in history death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)  

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

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  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on this day in history.