Famous Deaths In February - 16

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

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

1247  On February - 16 death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  On this day in history afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

1391  On February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

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

1538  On this day in history everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

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

1653  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70   

1710  On this day in history death of esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

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

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

1791  Death of 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.   

1820  Death of Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758) on February - 16.   

1823  On February - 16 johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69   

1825  On this day in history george Gerson, composer, dies at 34   

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

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

1844  On February - 16 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)   

1851  On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95   

1857  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1864  On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58   

1892  On this day in history henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies   

1898  Death of Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) on February - 16.   

1899  Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1900  George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle on February - 16.   

1907  Death of Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) on this day in history.   

1910  Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 on February - 16.   

1912  Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on February - 16.   

1915  Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies on this day in history.   

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

1075  On February - 16 birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on February - 16.   

1543  On February - 16 birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

1620  On this day in history birth of frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia   

1643  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on February - 16.   

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