Historical Events In February - 16

1832  Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history the birth of Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist   

1834  On February - 16 ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution)   

1834  On February - 16 lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies   

1836  On February - 16 benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer   

1838  Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions on February - 16.   

1838  The British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist   

1840  On this day in history american Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica   

1846  Battle of Sobraon ends first Sikh War in India on February - 16.   

1846  On February - 16 battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India   

1847  Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) on this day in history.   

1848  Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) on this day in history.   

1850  Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid) on this day in history.   

1851  On February - 16 anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95   

1852  On February - 16 studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.   

1852  On this day in history charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)   

1854  Franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history oscar Fetras, composer   

1856  On February - 16 willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)   

1857  Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC) on this day in history.   

1857  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1858  On February - 16 laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)   

1858  On February - 16 georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86   

1859  The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch on February - 16.   

1860  On this day in history dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse government resigns   

1860  Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse govt resigns on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history ft Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)   

1862  On this day in history ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)   

1864  On this day in history battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army   

1864  On February - 16 battle of Mobile, AL   

1864  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history the birth of Johann Strauss, Austrian composer.   

1866  Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes the British Secretary of State for War on February - 16.   

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1032  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) was born on February - 16.   

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

1543  On February - 16 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 February - 16 birth of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)   

1669  On this day in history birth of arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter   

0309  On this day in history death of pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 on February - 16.   

1247  On February - 16 death of heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  On this day in history afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1538  On February - 16 everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65   

1560  On this day in history death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat