This Day in History for 16th February Famous Deaths
309 - Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded
923 - Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83
1247 - Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)
1279 - Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies
1391 - Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies
1531 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
1538 - Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65
1560 - Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat
1653 - Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70
1710 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
1721 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
1754 - Richard Mead, physician, dies
1779 - William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
1791 - Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58
1799 - Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74
1803 - Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
1820 - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758).
1823 - Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69
1825 - George Gerson, composer, dies at 34
1829 - Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
1834 - Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
1844 - Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)
1851 - Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95
1857 - Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
1857 - Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37
1858 - Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86
1864 - Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58
1892 - Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies
1898 - Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
1899 - Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
1900 - George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1907 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)
1910 - Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
1912 - Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1912 - St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
1915 - Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies
1916 - Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79
1916 - [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot & Sien), dies at 57
1917 - Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
1919 - Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893)
1928 - Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)
1932 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841)
1933 - Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies
1934 - Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38
1936 - Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted
1938 - Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
1939 - Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26
1944 - Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37
1945 - Billy Frank, cricketer (Test South Africa v Eng 1896, 5 & 2, 1-52), dies
1945 - Rudolf Vornlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45
1950 - David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies
1951 - Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65
1952 - Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies
1957 - Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63
1963 - Laszlo Lajtha, composer, dies at 70
1966 - Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81
1967 - Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55
1968 - Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87
1973 - Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
1974 - John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888)
1975 - Morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903)
1975 - Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (b. 1927)
1978 - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895)
1979 - Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58
1979 - Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
1979 - William Gargan, actor (New Adventures of Martin Kane), dies at 73
1980 - Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)
1981 - Howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84
1984 - Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69
1985 - Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
1986 - Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
1987 - Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
1988 - Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916)
1990 - Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31
1991 - Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies
1992 - Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated
1992 - Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51
1992 - George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies
1992 - Janio Quadros, president of Brazil (1961), dies
1992 - Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78
1993 - Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61
1993 - Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
1995 - John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91
1995 - Martin Soames, traveller, dies at 91
1996 - Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47
1996 - Edmund G "Pat" Brown, politician, dies at 90
1996 - Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84
1996 - MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66
1996 - Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62
1996 - Susan Bosence, textile designer, dies at 82
1996 - Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, American blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
1997 - Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912)
1999 - Michael Larson, Press Your Luck Big-winning contestant (b. 1949)
2000 - Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)
2000 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911)
2000 - Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (b. 1918)
2001 - Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916)
2001 - William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915)
2001 - Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
2002 - Walter Winterbottom, England football manager (b. 1913)
2003 - Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907)
2004 - Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937)
2005 - Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975)
2005 - Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk and mother of their only child King Fuad
II
2006 - Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
2006 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925)
2009 - Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan, Korean Cardinal, Protopriest of the Holy Roman Church (b.
1921)
2010 - Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer player and actor. (b. 1956)
2011 - Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930)
2011 - Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)
2012 - Anthony Shadid, New York Times foreign correspondent and two time Pulitzer winner, dies
from asthma at 43
2012 - Gary Carter, American Hall of Fame baseball catcher dies from brain tumor at 57
2012 - Baddeley Devesi, first Governor-General of the Solomon Islands, dies at 70
2012 - Harry McPherson, presidential counsel and lobbyist, dies from cancer at 82
