Page 2: Historical Events In February - 16

1742  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1746  Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic on this day in history.   

1751  1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" on this day in history.   

1754  Richard Mead, physician, dies on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC   

1771  On February - 16 messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy   

1774  On this day in history pierre Rode, composer   

1777  Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice) on February - 16.   

1779  On February - 16 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

1787  On this day in history andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer   

1788  On February - 16 juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer   

1790  Chretien Urhan, composer on this day in history.   

1791  Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1803  On this day in history jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56   

1804  On this day in history 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."   

1804  On February - 16 lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it   

1807  On this day in history lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1812  Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75) on this day in history.   

1813  Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892 on this day in history.   

1815  USS Constitution captures British Susannah on February - 16.   

1821  On this day in history heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)   

1822  Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist on February - 16.   

1823  On February - 16 john Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1823  Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 on February - 16.   

1824  On this day in history athenaeum founded   

1825  On this day in history 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   

1825  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nikolai Leskow, writer   

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1ºN, 29ºW) on February - 16.   

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W) on this day in history.   

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1032  On February - 16 birth of emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)   

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  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  John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 16.   

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

1560  On February - 16 death of jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat