Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

0309  On February - 16 death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on February - 16.   

1247  On February - 16 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  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on this day in history.   

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 February - 16 johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70   

1710  Death of Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) on February - 16.   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) on February - 16.   

1754  On February - 16 richard Mead, physician, dies   

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

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 this day in history death of georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758).   

1823  On this day in history johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69   

1825  On February - 16 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 February - 16.   

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

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

1857  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on February - 16.   

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

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

1892  Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies on this day in history.   

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

1899  On this day in history francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57   

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

1907  Death of Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) on February - 16.   

1910  On this day in history albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75   

1912  On this day in history edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies   

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 February - 16.   

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1643  On February - 16 birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

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