Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

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

1754  On February - 16 richard Mead, physician, dies   

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

1771  Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy on February - 16.   

1774  On this day in history pierre Rode, composer   

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  Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history chretien Urhan, composer   

1791  Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 on February - 16.   

1799  Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74 on February - 16.   

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 February - 16 lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1812  On this day in history henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)   

1813  Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892 on February - 16.   

1815  On February - 16 uSS Constitution captures British Susannah   

1821  Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa) on February - 16.   

1822  Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist on this day in history.   

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

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  George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 on February - 16.   

1826  On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer   

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

1831  Nikolai Leskow, writer on February - 16.   

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

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

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  Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia was born on February - 16.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1247  Death of Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) on February - 16.   

1279  Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies on February - 16.   

1391  Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies on February - 16.   

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