February 16

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 318 days (319 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events [ edit ]

 * General
 * 1164 - The St. Juliana Flood affects northern Netherlands and Germany .
 * 1922 - The Rotterdam Newspaper begins first with a newspaper strip : new oriental fairy tales.
 * 1954 - King Baudouin lays the foundation stone of the Royal Library of Belgium .
 * 1962 - Breach on Schiermonnikoog .
 * 1963 - The department store C & A on the Damrak in Amsterdam burns completely.
 * 1978 - Utrecht filmmaker Jos Stelling opens its Springhaver Theater Springweg in Utrecht .
 * 2005 - The Kyoto Protocol enters into force.


 * Media
 * 2009 - The Dutch broadcasting association WNL is founded.


 * War
 * 1915 - The French begin in Champagne a winter offensive against the German forces; a month later it is blown without any result.


 * Politics
 * 1959 - Fidel Castro is prime minister of Cuba after the ousting of President Fulgencio Batista on January 1 .
 * 1986 - Mario Soares is elected president of Portugal, the first civilian president in 60 years.
 * 1991 - The Dutch Political Party of Radicals ( PPR ) is going on in the Green .


 * Sport
 * 1972 - Defender Theo de Jong made ​​his debut for the Dutch national football team in the friendly match in Athens against Greece (0-5).
 * 1983 - The Dutch football team lost 1-0 to Spain in the European Championship qualifying campaign. Three players play their last match for Oranje: Ruud Krol (83rd), Hugo Hovenkamp (31st) and John Metgod (21st).


 * Science and Technology
 * 1923 - Howard Carter opened the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was found filled with treasures.
 * 1937 - Wallace Carothers receives a patent for nylon .

Born [ edit ]
Philipp Melanchthon born February 16, 1497

Frederick William born February 16, 1620

John McEnroe born February 16, 1959

Tineke Huizinga born February 16, 1960

Susanna Kallur born February 16, 1981

Ron Vlaar born February 16, 1985
 * 1222 - Nichiren, monk, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (deceased in 1282 )
 * 1497 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (deceased in 1560 )
 * 1519 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Protestant leader (deceased in 1572 )
 * 1620 - Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (deceased in 1688 )
 * 1684 - Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech composer and organist (deceased in 1742 )
 * 1761 - Jean-Charles Pichegru, French General (deceased in 1804 )
 * 1787 - Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter (deceased in 1870 )
 * 1801 - Jose Aranguren, Spanish archbishop (deceased in 1861 )
 * 1822 - Sir Francis Galton, British biologist (deceased in 1911 )
 * 1831 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (deceased in 1895 )
 * 1834 - Ernst Haeckel, German biologist and philosopher (deceased in 1919 )
 * 1848 - Hugo de Vries, Dutch geneticist (deceased in 1935 )
 * 1852 - Charles Taze Russell, American Adventist , founder of the movement that now Jehovah's Witnesses called (deceased in 1916 )
 * 1866 - Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, Russian writer, poet, playwright philosopher and critic (deceased in 1949 )
 * 1873 - Herman de By, Dutch swimmer (deceased in 1961 )
 * 1882 - Pierre Diriken, Belgian politician and mayor (deceased in 1960 )
 * 1889 - Teun Leap, Dutch athlete (deceased in 1971 )
 * 1906 - Vera Menchik, Czech chess star (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1915 - Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1920 - Tony Crook, British racing driver (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1920 - Walt Faulkner, American race car driver (deceased in 1956 )
 * 1920 - Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish poet
 * 1920 - Ger Lataster, Dutch artist (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1921 - Jean Behra, French race car driver (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1921 - Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (deceased in 1981 )
 * 1926 - Margot Frank, sister of Anne Frank (deceased in 1945 )
 * 1930 - Piet Libregts, Dutch cycling team leader (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1935 - Sonny Bono, American musician (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1935 - Onesimo Gordoncillo, Filipino archbishop (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1937 - John Gill, American mountaineer
 * 1939 - Czesław Niemen, Polish singer and composer (deceased 2004
 * 1942 - Kim Jong-il, North Korean political leader (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1944 - Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgian violinist and conductor
 * 1944 - António Mascarenhas Monteiro, President of Cape Verde (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1945 - Toon van Driel, Dutch cartoonist
 * 1946 - Pete Postlethwaite, British actor (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1947 - Tom Mulder, Dutch radio DJ
 * 1948 - Troy Evans, American actor
 * 1949 - Peace Dorus, Surinamese poet and writer
 * 1951 - René Lancée, Dutch police officer
 * 1952 - Jan Kerouac, American writer (deceased in 1996 )
 * 1954 - Iain Banks, Scottish writer (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1954 - Elizabeth Flowers, Dutch politician
 * 1954 - Annie Gansewinkel, Dutch writer
 * 1956 - Carlos Aragonés, Bolivian footballer and football coach
 * 1956 - James Ingram, American singer
 * 1957 - LeVar Burton, American actor
 * 1958 - Ice-T, American rapper and actor
 * 1958 - Anil Ramdas, Surinamese-Dutch writer, journalist and broadcaster (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1959 - John McEnroe, American tennis player
 * 1960 - Cherie Chung, Chinese actress
 * 1960 - Tineke Huizinga, Dutch politician
 * 1961 - Joelle Milquet, Walloon Belgian politician
 * 1962 - Wouter Vandenhaute, Belgian sports journalist, television presenter and producer
 * 1963 - Milko Gjurovski, Macedonian footballer
 * 1964 - Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
 * 1964 - Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
 * 1964 - Christopher Eccleston, British actor
 * 1964 - Jetske van Staa, Dutch radio presenter (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1965 - Dave Lombardo, American drummer (such as Slayer )
 * 1967 - Julia Isídrez, Paraguayan ceramics artist
 * 1968 - Erik Regtop, Dutch footballer
 * 1969 - Fermín Cacho, Spanish athlete
 * 1970 - Ingmar Heytze, Dutch poet and writer
 * 1970 - Armand Van Helden, American DJ and producer
 * 1971 - Gert-Jan Kats, Dutch politician and mayor
 * 1971 - Daniel Lohues, Dutch musician
 * 1971 - Jack Rose, American guitarist (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1972 - Sarah Clarke, American actress
 * 1973 - Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
 * 1973 - Andrey Smetsky, Russian racing driver
 * 1974 - Mahershala Ali, American actor
 * 1974 - Max Hermans, Dutch politician
 * 1975 - Vanina Ickx, Belgian rider rally
 * 1976 - Rodgers Rop, Kenyan athlete
 * 1976 - Petter Wastå, Swedish footballer
 * 1977 - Sandra van Nieuwland, Dutch singer
 * 1978 - Frédéric Amorison, Belgian cyclist
 * 1978 - Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete
 * 1979 - Santinho Lopes Monteiro, Cape Verdean footballer
 * 1979 - Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
 * 1980 - Michael Soong, Hong Kong racing driver
 * 1981 - Olivier Deschacht, Belgian footballer
 * 1981 - Jenny Kallur, Swedish athlete
 * 1981 - Susanna Kallur, Swedish athlete
 * 1981 - Wilco van Kleef, Dutch world record
 * 1981 - Yevgeny Lalenkov, Russian skater
 * 1982 - Oliver Sundberg, Danish skater
 * 1984 - Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis star
 * 1984 - Vincent Voorn, Dutch rider
 * 1985 - Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer
 * 1986 - Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1986 - Josje Huisman, Dutch singer and dancer (K3)
 * 1986 - Renger van der Zande, Dutch driver
 * 1987 - Wout van Wengerden, Dutch athlete
 * 1988 - Stipe Bačelić-Grgić, Croatian footballer
 * 1988 - Denílson, Brazilian footballer
 * 1988 - Mayon Kuipers, Dutch skater
 * 1990 - Nicol Gastaldi, Argentinian alpineskiester
 * 1991 - Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, Princess of Luxembourg, Nassau and Bourbon-Parma
 * 1992 - Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
 * 1992 - Peter van Ooijen, Dutch footballer

Deceased [ edit ]
Jules de Corte, deceased on February 16, 1996
 * 1247 - Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (43), Landgrave of Thuringia
 * 1279 - Afonso III of Portugal (68), King of Portugal from 1247 to 1279
 * 1823 - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French painter and draftsman
 * 1829 - François-Joseph Gossec (95), Belgian-French composer and music educator
 * 1906 - Jacobus van Lokhorst (61), Dutch government architect
 * 1925 - Adriano Hernandez (54), Filipino general and politician
 * 1932 - Gustave-Auguste Ferrié (64), French army captain and radio pioneer
 * 1932 - Ferdinand Buisson (90), French Nobel laureate
 * 1948 - István Barta (52), Hungarian water polo player
 * 1952 - J. Barendregt (47), Dutch footballer
 * 1965 - Nicholas Muller (86), Dutch lawyer
 * 1971 - Fritz Kolbe (70), German diplomat and spy
 * 1979 - Henk Steeman (85), Dutch footballer
 * 1986 - Howard Da Silva (76), American actor
 * 1986 - Jaap Hofland (61), Dutch musician and arranger
 * 1990 - Keith Haring (31), American graffiti artist
 * 1994 - Noël Foré (61), Belgian cyclist
 * 1996 - Jules de Corte (71), Dutch composer, pianist and singer
 * 1996 - Brownie McGhee (80), American blues singer
 * 1997 - Lode Claes (83), Belgian journalist and politician
 * 1997 - French Cox (79), Dutch sculptor
 * 1999 - Fritzi Burger (88), Austrian figure skater, the first European figure skating champion
 * 1999 - Johan Kvandal (79), Norwegian composer
 * 2000 - Pete Felleman (78), Dutch DJ
 * 2004 - Doris Troy (67), American singer
 * 2005 - Russ Klar (90), American race car driver
 * 2008 - Wim Van Gansbeke (70), Flemish theater critic and program editor at VRT
 * 2009 - Susanne von Almássy (92), Austrian actress
 * 2009 - Liliane Brekelmans-Gronert (79), Dutch founder of the Liliane Foundation
 * 2009 - Dorothy Bridges (93), American actress
 * 2009 - Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (86), Korean Cardinal Archbishop of Seoul
 * 2010 - Bob Hickey (89), Belgian presenter
 * 2011 - Tonny van Ede (86), Dutch footballer
 * 2011 - Len Lesser (88), American actor
 * 2011 - Johan du Plooy (84), South African actor
 * 2012 - Anil Ramdas (54), Surinamese-Dutch writer, journalist and broadcaster
 * 2013 - Joeljan Radoelski (40) Bulgarian chess grandmaster
 * 2013 - Tony Sheridan (72), British songwriter and rock musician
 * 2013 - Marifé Triana (76), Spanish singer and actress
 * 2015 - Lasse Braun (78), Italian porn film director and writer
 * 2015 - Lesley Gore (68), American singer-songwriter
 * 2015 - Aleksandr Melentyev (60), Russian shooter
 * 2015 - Uri Orbach (54), Israeli politician, journalist and children's author

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Lithuania : National Day (Independence Day)
 * Thick-truiendag because of the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol in 2005
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Juliana of Nicomedia († c. 305 )
 * St. Pamphilus of Caesarea († 309 )
 * Saints Daniel (holy) , Samuel (saint) and Elias (saint) († 309 )
 * Saint Onesimus († c. 90 )
 * Holy Pamfilus of Caesarea († c. 308 )
 * Blessed Simon of Cascia († 1348 )

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1956 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -14.5 ° C
 * 1998 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.2 ° C
 * 1956 - Lowest minimum temperature -21.6 ° C
 * 1998 - Highest maximum temperature 12.5 ° C
 * 1916 - Highest hourly average wind speed 18.5 m / s
 * 1902 - Longest sunshine duration 9.9 hours
 * 1936 - Longest rainfall duration 11.3 hours
 * 2000 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 14.5 mm
 * 1994 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 55%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1855 - Lowest mean daily temperature -9 ° C
 * 1867 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.6 ° C
 * 1838 - Lowest minimum temperature -11.5 ° C
 * 2007 - Highest maximum temperature 16.2 ° C
 * 1937 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 15.1 mm
 * 1956 - Snow up to 26 cm in Wevelgem and Ronse and 34 cm in Ramegnies (Beloeil).
 * 1969 - Storm on the Kempen, Hesbaye, Condroz and part of the Ardennes. Snow thicknesses up to 36 cm in Brustem (Sint-Truiden), 72 cm and 95 cm Malchamps Spa in Neu-Hattlich (Eupen).
 * 1985 - Cold Wave: minima to -16.8 ° C in Koersel (Beringen). Much damage to orchards.