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Feb 16 1032

Zhao Shu Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Song (1063-67) born in Kaifeng China (d. 1067)

Feb 16 1497

Philipp Melanchthon Germ Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)

Feb 16 1519

Gaspard de Coligny Huguenot leaderFrench admiral

Feb 16 1620

Frederick William Great Elector founder of Brandenburg-Prussia

Feb 16 1643

John Sharp English Archbishop of York (1691-1714) born in Bradford England (d. 1714)

Feb 16 1684

Bohuslav Matj ernohorsk Nymburk Bohemia Czech monkcomposer

Feb 16 1698

Pierre Bouguer French mathematician (heliometer)

Feb 16 1709

Charles Avison English composer born in Newcastle upon Tyne (d. 1770) baptismal date

Feb 16 1727

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin Austrian scientist (d. 1817)

Feb 16 1740

Giambattista Bodoni Saluzzo Italy printertypeface designer (Bodoni)

Feb 16 1746

Johann Heinse German Sturm und Drang novelistart critic

Feb 16 1774

Pierre Rode French composer and violinist born in Bordeaux Aquitaine (d. 1830)

Feb 16 1786

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)

Feb 16 1787

Andreas Schelfhout Dutch painteretcherlithographer

Feb 16 1788

Juan van Halen DutchSpanish officeradventurer

Feb 16 1802

Phineas Parkhurst Quimby American philosopher (d. 1866)

Feb 16 1804

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold German physiologist (d. 1885)

Feb 16 1807

Lysander Cutler American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Royalston Massachusetts (d. 1866)

Feb 16 1813

Joseph Reid Anderson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1892)

Feb 16 1821

Heinrich Barth geographerexplorer (Central Africa) born in Hamburg Germany

Feb 16 1822

Francis Galton British anthropologist and geneticist (eugenics) born in Birmingham England (d. 1911)

Feb 16 1822

James Patton Anderson Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1872)

Feb 16 1823

John Daniel Imboden Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1895)

Feb 16 1824

Peter Kozler Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)

Feb 16 1826

Joseph V von Scheffel German writer (Gaudeamus)

Feb 16 1832

Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac Mjr General (Confederate Army)

Feb 16 1834

Ernst Heinrich Haeckel Potsdam Germ biologist (Causes of Evolution)

Feb 16 1834

Ernst Haeckel German philosopher (Social Darwinism) born in Potsdam Prussia (d. 1919)

Feb 16 1838

Arnoldus Pannevis South African ships doctorlinguist

Feb 16 1838

Henry Adams historian writer (Education of Henry Adams) born in Boston Massachusetts

Feb 16 1847

Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka German composer (Album polonaise)

Feb 16 1848

Hugo de Vries Dutch botanist (How species emerge)

Feb 16 1850

Octave Mirbeau French writer (Journal of a Ladys Maid)

Feb 16 1249 Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols

Feb 16 1559 Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy

Feb 16 1646 Battle of Great Torrington Devon - the last major battle of the first English Civil War

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