18451 | February 16 | Birth | 1996 – Nana Komatsu, Japanese actress and model |
18452 | February 16 | Death | 549 – Zhu Yi, Chinese general (b. 483) |
18453 | February 16 | Death | 1247 – Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) |
18454 | February 16 | Death | 1279 – Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210) |
18455 | February 16 | Death | 1391 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1332) |
18456 | February 16 | Death | 1531 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) |
18457 | February 16 | Death | 1560 – Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1493) |
18458 | February 16 | Death | 1645 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585) |
18459 | February 16 | Death | 1710 – Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632) |
18460 | February 16 | Death | 1721 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686) |
18461 | February 16 | Death | 1754 – Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673) |
18462 | February 16 | Death | 1820 – Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758) |
18463 | February 16 | Death | 1844 – Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (b. 1792) |
18464 | February 16 | Death | 1898 – Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843) |
18465 | February 16 | Death | 1899 – Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841) |
18466 | February 16 | Death | 1907 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835) |
18467 | February 16 | Death | 1912 – Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836) |
18468 | February 16 | Death | 1916 – Georg von Oettingen, Estonian-Russian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1824) |
18469 | February 16 | Death | 1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1848) |
18470 | February 16 | Death | 1919 – Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893) |
18471 | February 16 | Death | 1924 – John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (b. 1853) |
18472 | February 16 | Death | 1928 – Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856) |
18473 | February 16 | Death | 1932 – Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841) |
18474 | February 16 | Death | 1932 – Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862) |
18475 | February 16 | Death | 1933 – Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish general and politician, 1st Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1867) |
18476 | February 16 | Death | 1944 – Henri Nathansen, Danish author, playwright, and director (b. 1868) |
18477 | February 16 | Death | 1944 – Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870) |
18478 | February 16 | Death | 1957 – Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876) |
18479 | February 16 | Death | 1961 – Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891) |
18480 | February 16 | Death | 1967 – Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911) |