Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

0309  On February - 16 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  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.   

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 this day in history 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  Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 on February - 16.   

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

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

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

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 February - 16.   

1799  Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74 on February - 16.   

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 February - 16 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 February - 16.   

1834  On this day in history lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies   

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

1858  On February - 16 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86   

1864  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 on February - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1900  On this day in history george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle   

1907  On this day in history 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  Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies on February - 16.   

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

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  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

1620  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on February - 16.   

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

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