Page 2: Historical Events In November - 05
Monday, 16 February 2026
1779 Washington Allston, US painter/author. 

1780 French-American force under Colonel LaBalme is defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle. 

1781 John Hanson elected inaugural "President of the US in Congress assembled" 

1781 John Hanson elected 1st "Pres of US in Congress assembled". 

1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 

1798 Carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples. 

1801 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist, dies. 

1803 Ch de Laclos, writer, dies. 

1804 Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, poetess (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 66 

1811 El Salvador's inaugural battle against Spain for independence 

1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence. 

1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893. 

1819 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer. 

1819 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55. 

1825 Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Major General (Union volunteers). 

1832 William Woods Averell, Major General (Union Army), died in 1900 

1834 Aernout Drost, Dutch literary/founder (The Guide), dies at 24 

1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation 

1841 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer. 

1846 Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres. 

1849 Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties 

1850 Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69. 

1852 The American Society of Civil Engineers is organized. 

1854 Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50000 

1854 ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann. 

1855 Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate. 

1857 Ida Tarbell, muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy) 

1860 Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43 

1862 In this year, Ambrose Burnside formally adopts in place of McClellen as head of Army of Potomac. 

1866 Daniel Protheroe, composer. 

1871 Susan B Anthony arrested trying to vote in Rochester NY 

1872 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote. (She never paid the fine.). 

1872 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant. 

1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe 

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