Edmund Crouchback son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
Johannes Schner German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
Anthony Denny confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
Franois de Vendme duc de Beaufort French soldier (d. 1669)
Lucas Achtschellinck Flemish painter (d. 1699)
Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter Norwegian poet (d. 1716)
Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon French writer (d. 1755)
Richard Savage English poet and playwright (d. 1743) date not proven
Niccolo Piccinni Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
Vittorio A Alfieri Italian countpoet (Maria Stuarda)
Samuel McIntire woodcarverarchitect (architect of Salem)
Charles Henry Davis Rear Admiral (Union Navy) (d. 1877)
Henry Wagner Old Brains Halleck American expert in military studies and Major General (Union Army) born in Oneida County New York (d. 1872)
Albert Lindley Lee American lawyer Kansas State Supreme Court Judge and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Fulton New York (d. 1907)
James Phillip Simms Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1887)
Franz Brentano German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
Johnston Forbes-Robertson British actor and theatre director (Kathleen) born in London England (d. 1937)
Gen Sir Ian Hamilton British military commander (d. 1947)
Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
Frank Bacon American playwright actor and author (Lightnin) born near Yuba City California (d. 1922)
Wilhelm Normann German chemist (hardening of oils)
Edward Gordon Craig British modernist actor director and theorist (On the art of theatre) born in Stevenage Hertfordshire England (d. 1966)
Robert Service England Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
Leonor Michaelis German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II] American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Red River) born in The Bronx New York (d. 1947)
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz president of Poland (1939-40)
John Hamilton American actor (Superman) born in Shippensburg Pennsylvania (d. 1958)
Karl Freund CzechAustrian cameramandirector
Lloyd Bacon US actor (Charlie Chaplin) born in San Jose California (d. 1955)
Guy Chamberlin early NFL endcoach (Canton Frankford Cards)
Irving Mills American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
Margaret Booth American film editor (d. 2002)
Edith Frank mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank born in Aachen Germany (d. 1945)
Jan 16 1120 The Council of Nablus is held establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Jan 16 1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm thousands killed
Jan 16 1362 A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt