Famous Deaths Happened In February - 16

0309  Death of Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded on this day in history.   

0923  On February - 16 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  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on this day in history.   

1531  On February - 16 death of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 on February - 16.   

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

1653  Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1710  Death of Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) on February - 16.   

1721  Death of James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history richard Mead, physician, dies   

1779  William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on February - 16.   

1791  On February - 16 death of richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58   

1799  On February - 16 charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74   

1803  On February - 16 jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56   

1820  Death of Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758) on February - 16.   

1823  On February - 16 johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69   

1825  On February - 16 george Gerson, composer, dies at 34   

1829  On February - 16 francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95   

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

1844  On this day in history death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)   

1851  On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95   

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

1858  Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 on February - 16.   

1864  On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58   

1892  Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history death of thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)   

1899  Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1900  George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle on February - 16.   

1907  On February - 16 death of giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)   

1910  On February - 16 albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75   

1912  On this day in history edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies   

1915  On this day in history emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies   

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

1075  Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet was born on February - 16.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on February - 16.   

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 February - 16.