Historical Events In February - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 February - 16.
1746 Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic on February - 16.
1751 On February - 16 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"
1754 Richard Mead, physician, dies on February - 16.
1760 Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC on February - 16.
1771 Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy on February - 16.
1774 Pierre Rode, composer on this day in history.
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 this day in history andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer
1788 On February - 16 juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer
1790 On this day in history chretien Urhan, composer
1791 Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on this day in history.
1799 On this day in history charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74
1803 On this day in history jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
1804 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." on February - 16.
1804 Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it on this day in history.
1807 On February - 16 lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1812 On February - 16 henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)
1813 On this day in history joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892
1815 USS Constitution captures British Susannah on February - 16.
1821 On this day in history 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 On this day in history johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69
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 On February - 16 george Gerson, composer, dies at 34
1826 Franz von Holstein, composer on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
1831 Nikolai Leskow, writer on February - 16.
1832 On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1ºN, 29ºW)
1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W) on this day in history.
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