Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

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  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on February - 16.   

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 February - 16 everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on February - 16.   

1653  Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 on February - 16.   

1710  Death of Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) on this day in history.   

1721  On February - 16 death of james Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)   

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies on February - 16.   

1779  On this day in history william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

1791  On this day in history death of 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  On February - 16 jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56   

1820  On February - 16 death of georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758).   

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1825  On February - 16 george Gerson, composer, dies at 34   

1829  Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95 on February - 16.   

1834  Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies on February - 16.   

1844  Death of Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) on February - 16.   

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

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

1858  Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1864  On February - 16 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58   

1892  On February - 16 henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies   

1898  Death of Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) on this day in history.   

1899  Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on February - 16.   

1900  On February - 16 george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle   

1907  On February - 16 death of giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)   

1910  Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1915  On this day in history emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

1497  On February - 16 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

1519  On February - 16 birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on February - 16.   

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

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

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.