Famous Deaths In February - 16

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

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

1497  On February - 16 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

1519  On February - 16 birth of gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral   

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 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