Historical Events In February - 16

1742  On this day in history earl of Wilmington becomes British premier   

1746  On February - 16 government forces under Lord Louden attempted to capture Prince Charles Edward stewart at Moy Hall but were surprised and routed by a handful of Jacobites. The only death in the Rout of Moy was Duncan Bam MacCrimmon, Hereditory Piper to the MacLeods of Dunvegan, who took the Hanoverian side in the 45.   

1746  On February - 16 johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic   

1751  On February - 16 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"   

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

1760  On February - 16 native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC   

1771  On February - 16 messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy   

1774  Pierre Rode, composer on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)   

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

1787  Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer on this day in history.   

1788  Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer on February - 16.   

1790  Chretien Urhan, composer on February - 16.   

1791  Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on February - 16.   

1799  On February - 16 charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74   

1803  On February - 16 jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56   

1804  On February - 16 lieutenant Stephen Decatur, with volunteers from frigate Constitution and schooner Enterprise, enters Tripoli harbor by night in the ketch Intrepid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia. Decatur's raid succeeds without American losses. England's Lord Nelson calls this "the most daring act of the age."   

1804  Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1812  Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75) on this day in history.   

1813  Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892 on this day in history.   

1815  USS Constitution captures British Susannah on February - 16.   

1821  Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa) on this day in history.   

1822  Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist on this day in history.   

1823  John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

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

1824  Athenaeum founded on February - 16.   

1825  Explorer John Franklin 1786-1847 leaves England on second expedition, with George Back, John Richardson, and surveyor Edward Kendall, to explore from the Mackenzie Delta on this day in history.   

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

1826  On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer   

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

1831  Nikolai Leskow, writer on this day in history.   

1832  On February - 16 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1ºN, 29ºW)   

1832  On February - 16 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W)   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

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

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on this day in history.   

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

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.   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1391  On this day in history 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  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1560  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on this day in history.