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02/16/0309
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Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded
Type: Death
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02/16/0374
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9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Type: Event
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02/16/0600
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Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze
Type: Event
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02/16/0923
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Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/16/1075
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Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet
Type: Birth
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02/16/1247
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Hendrik Raspe, [Papenking], count of Thringen, dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1279
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Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1391
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Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1486
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Diet of Frankfort
Type: Event
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02/16/1497
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Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1512
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Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen
Type: Event
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02/16/1514
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Rhticus, [Rheticus], Austrian astronomer/mathematician
Type: Birth
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02/16/1519
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Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral
Type: Birth
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02/16/1538
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Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65
Type: Death
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02/16/1559
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Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy
Type: Event
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02/16/1620
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Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
Type: Birth
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02/16/1641
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English king Charles I accept Triennial Act
Type: Event
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02/16/1653
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Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/16/1655
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Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker
Type: Event
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02/16/1659
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1st known check (400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
Type: Event
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02/16/1666
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Netherlands and Brandenburg sign treaty
Type: Event
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02/16/1669
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Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter
Type: Birth
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02/16/1677
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Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower
Type: Event
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02/16/1684
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Bohuslav M Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1684
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Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1698
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Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1709
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Charles Avison, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1740
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Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1741
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Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine (2nd US Mag) begins publishing
Type: Event
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02/16/1742
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Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier
Type: Event
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02/16/1746
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Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic
Type: Birth
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02/16/1751
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1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"
Type: Event
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02/16/1754
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Richard Mead, physician, dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1760
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Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC
Type: Event
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02/16/1771
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Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy
Type: Event
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02/16/1774
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Pierre Rode, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1777
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Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
Type: Event
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02/16/1779
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William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1787
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Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1788
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Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1790
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Chretien Urhan, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1791
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Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58
Type: Death
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02/16/1799
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Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts and Bayern), dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/16/1803
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Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/16/1804
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Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it
Type: Event
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02/16/1807
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Lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
Type: Birth
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02/16/1812
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Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1813
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Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892
Type: Birth
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02/16/1813
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Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1821
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Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)
Type: Birth
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