This day in History - February 16

420 Historic Events for February 16
1822 Birth Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist and geneticist
1822 Birth James Patton Anderson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1823 Birth John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1823 Death Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69
1824 Event Athenaeum founded
1825 Death George Gerson, composer, dies at 34
1826 Birth Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Gaudeamus)
1826 Birth Franz von Holstein, composer
1829 Death Fran‡ois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
1831 Birth Nikolai Leskow, writer
1832 Birth Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
1832 Event HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1øN, 29øW)
1834 Death Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
1834 Birth Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution)
1836 Birth Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
1838 Event Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
1838 Birth Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1838 Birth Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
1840 Event American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1846 Event Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India
1847 Birth Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
1848 Birth Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
1850 Birth Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)
1851 Death Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95
1852 Birth William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)