Famous Deaths In February - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0309 Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.
0923 On this day in history abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83
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 February - 16 johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies
1531 On February - 16 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 February - 16 death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat
1653 On February - 16 johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70
1710 Death of Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) on this day in history.
1721 On February - 16 death of james Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
1754 Richard Mead, physician, dies on February - 16.
1779 On February - 16 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
1791 On this day in history death of richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58
1799 Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1803 Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1820 Death of Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758) on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69
1825 On this day in history george Gerson, composer, dies at 34
1829 On this day in history francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
1834 Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies on this day in history.
1844 Death of Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) on February - 16.
1851 On February - 16 anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95
1857 On February - 16 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
1858 On this day in history georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86
1864 On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58
1892 On February - 16 henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies
1898 On February - 16 death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
1899 On this day in history francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
1900 George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle on this day in history.
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 February - 16.
1912 Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on February - 16.
1915 Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies on this day in history.
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