Page 2: Historical Events In March - 30
Monday, 16 February 2026
1804 Salomon Sulzer, composer 

1805 Adrien de La Fage, composer 

1811 Angelo Catelani, Italian composer/conductor 

1814 Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 

1815 Wincenty Studzinski, composer 

1820 Duc de Richelieu re-establishes censorship of French press 

1820 Anna Sewell, English author of 'Black Beauty' is born. 

1822 Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory 

1823 Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 

1824 Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 

1825 Samuel Bell Maxey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 

1830 Auguste Tolbecque, composer 

1832 The incorporation of Bank of Nova Scotia; inaugural bank in the province. 

1835 Bernhard Scholz, composer 

1836 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician 

1840 George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies. 

1842 Ether inaugural used as an anaesthetic during an operation. 

1842 Ether was used as an anaesthetic for inaugural time by Dr Crawford Long (Jefferson GA) 

1842 Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga) 

1842 Dr Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 

1844 Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur) 

1850 SS Theresa Jane, the storm on this night was particularly bad and the Theresa Jane was one of a number of ships lost. She went onto the rocks of Mew Island, Belfast Lough during her sailing from Liverpool to Mauritius. Seven of the crew of fifteen lost their lives 

1853 Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter is born 

1853 Vincent van Gogh, Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism (The Potato Eaters, Irises). 

1856 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War. 

1858 Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia). 

1858 Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila) 

1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece. 

1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba AR 

1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas 

1864 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician 

1864 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52 

1865 Battle at 5 Forks Virginia 

1865 -4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia. 

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