Page 2: Historical Events In February - 16

1742  On February - 16 earl of Wilmington becomes British premier   

1746  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 on this day in history.   

1746  Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1771  Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy on this day in history.   

1774  On February - 16 pierre Rode, composer   

1777  On February - 16 messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)   

1779  William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.   

1787  On February - 16 andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer   

1788  Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On February - 16 lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it   

1807  On February - 16 lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1812  On this day in history henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)   

1813  Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892 on February - 16.   

1815  On February - 16 uSS Constitution captures British Susannah   

1821  On February - 16 heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)   

1822  On this day in history francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist   

1823  John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on February - 16.   

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on February - 16.   

1824  On this day in history athenaeum founded   

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 February - 16.   

1825  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 on February - 16.   

1826  On February - 16 franz von Holstein, composer   

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

1831  On this day in history nikolai Leskow, writer   

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

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W) on February - 16.   

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

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on February - 16.   

1497  On this day in history 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  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on February - 16.   

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  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on February - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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.