Historical Events In February - 16

1903  On February - 16 edgar Bergen, Chicago, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy)   

1904  On February - 16 ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)   

1905  On February - 16 1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston   

1905  On February - 16 jose Munoz Molleda, composer   

1906  Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front) on February - 16.   

1907  On February - 16 fernando Previtali, composer   

1909  On February - 16 serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary   

1909  On this day in history subway car with side doors goes into service (New York NY)   

1909  1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC) on February - 16.   

1909  On this day in history hugh Beaumont, Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver)   

1910  Michael Milne-Watson, CEO (BUPA) on February - 16.   

1910  On February - 16 albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75   

1911  Hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase) on February - 16.   

1912  On this day in history vSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden   

1912  Arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement) on February - 16.   

1912  Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on February - 16.   

1913  On February - 16 president Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexican civil war   

1913  President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico on February - 16.   

1914  On this day in history first airplane flight from to Los Angeles from San Francisco   

1914  On February - 16 1st airplane flight (LA to SF)   

1914  J Tobin, British anaesthetist on this day in history.   

1915  Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season on this day in history.   

1915  Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies on this day in history.   

1916  On February - 16 russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia   

1916  On this day in history william Ballard Doggett, jazz musician   

1916  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1917  First synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid on February - 16.   

1917  On February - 16 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid   

1918  On this day in history lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day)   

1918  On this day in history patty Andrews, American singer   

1920  On February - 16 the birth of Patti Andrews, Of the 'Andrews Sisters'   

1920  On this day in history hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist   

1923  Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory on February - 16.   

1923  On February - 16 the burial vault of King Tutankhamen's tomb is opened in Egypt.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29

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 this day in history.   

1519  Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral was born on February - 16.   

1543  Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 16 birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter   

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on February - 16.   

0923  On February - 16 abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83   

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on this day in history.   

1279  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on February - 16.   

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

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  Death of Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat on February - 16.