Historical Events In February - 16

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

1075  On February - 16 birth of ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet   

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

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

1543  On this day in history birth of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)   

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  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

0309  On February - 16 death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

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 February - 16.   

1391  On this day in history johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies   

1531  Death of Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) on February - 16.   

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