Historical Events In February - 16

1832  On February - 16 camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)   

1834  On this day in history the birth of Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist   

1834  Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) on this day in history.   

1834  On February - 16 lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies   

1836  On this day in history benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer   

1838  On February - 16 kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions   

1838  On February - 16 the British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada.   

1838  On February - 16 arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist   

1840  On February - 16 american Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica   

1846  On February - 16 battle of Sobraon ends first Sikh War in India   

1846  On this day in history battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India   

1847  On February - 16 ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)   

1848  Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) on February - 16.   

1850  On this day in history octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)   

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

1852  On February - 16 studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.   

1852  On February - 16 charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)   

1854  On February - 16 franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres   

1854  On February - 16 oscar Fetras, composer   

1856  Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) on February - 16.   

1857  On February - 16 gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC)   

1857  On February - 16 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77   

1858  Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) on this day in history.   

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

1859  On this day in history the French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.   

1860  On February - 16 dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse government resigns   

1860  Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse govt resigns on February - 16.   

1862  On this day in history ft Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)   

1862  Ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender) on February - 16.   

1864  Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army on February - 16.   

1864  Battle of Mobile, AL on this day in history.   

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

1866  On February - 16 the birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer.   

1866  Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes the British Secretary of State for War on February - 16.   

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1032  On this day in history birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)   

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

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.   

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

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

1279  On this day in history afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

1391  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on February - 16.   

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on this day in history.   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat