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Acontecimientos
- 1249Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
- 1270The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
- 1630Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil.
- 1646Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the First English Civil War.
- 1699First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
- 1742Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
- 1796Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon.
- 1804First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate .
- 1862American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1866Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
- 1881The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
- 1899Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
- 1900The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieves a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.
- 1918The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
- 1923Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
- 1930The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
- 1934The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
- 1934The Commission of Government is officially sworn in; ending 79 years of responsible government in Newfoundland.
- 1936The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
- 1937Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
- 1940World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer . A total of 299 British prisoners are freed.
- 1942World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established
- 1942World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.
- 1943World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
- 1945World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
- 1945The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.
- 1959Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
- 1960The U.S. Navy submarine begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
- 1961Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
- 1962The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged.
- 1962Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
- 1968In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
- 1968Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.
- 1978The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
- 1983The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
- 1984Iran launches Operation Dawn 5, a major offensive during the Iran–Iraq War targeting the Basra–Baghdad highway, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.
- 1985Hezbollah is founded.
- 1986The Soviet liner runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
- 1986China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
- 1991Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
- 1996A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
- 1998China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.
- 2000Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.
- 2005The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
- 2005The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
- 2006The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
- 2013A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.
- 2021Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.
Nacimientos
- 1222Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (died 1282)
- 1304Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Chinese emperor (died 1332)
- 1331Coluccio Salutati, Italian political leader (died 1406)
- 1419John I, Duke of Cleves (died 1481) las demás fuentes: 14 ene 1419
- 1470Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1540)
- 1471Krishnadevaraya, emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (died 1529) las demás fuentes: 17 ene 1471
- 1497Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian, and academic (died 1560)
- 1514Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian cartographer and instrument maker (died 1574)
- 1519Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (died 1572)
- 1543Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (died 1590)
- 1620Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1688)
- 1643John Sharp, English archbishop (died 1714) las demás fuentes: 16 feb 1645
- 1698Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (died 1758)
- 1727Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (died 1817)
- 1740Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (died 1813)
- 1761Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (died 1804)
- 1774Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (died 1830)
- 1786Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess (died 1859)
- 1802Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher (died 1866)
- 1804Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (died 1885)
- 1812Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (died 1875)
- 1821Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (died 1865)
- 1822Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician (died 1911)
- 1824Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1879)
- 1826Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author (died 1886)
- 1830Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (died 1902)
- 1831Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1895) juliano y gregoriano
- 1834Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, physician, and philosopher (died 1919)
- 1838Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (died 1918)
- 1841Armand Guillaumin, French painter (died 1927)
- 1843Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman, founded Cadillac and Lincoln (died 1932)
- 1845George Kennan, American journalist and explorer (died 1924)
- 1848Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic (died 1935)
- 1848Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (died 1917)
- 1856Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (died 1920)
- 1866Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (died 1940)
- 1873Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author (died 1908)
- 1876G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic (died 1962)
- 1877Tom Crean, Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer (died 1938) las demás fuentes: 20 jul 1877
- 1878Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator (died 1951)
- 1878James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (died 1920)
- 1884Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (died 1951)
- 1887Kathleen Clifford, American actress (died 1962)
- 1891Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (died 1968)
- 1893Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer (died 1974)
- 1896Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (died 2010)
- 1901Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 1985)
- 1901Chester Morris, American actor (died 1970)
- 1902Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer (died 1968)
- 1903Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor (died 1978)
- 1904James Baskett, American actor and singer (died 1948)
- 1904George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (died 2005)
- 1905Henrietta Barnett, English Women's Royal Air Force officer (died 1985)
- 1906Vera Menchik, Russian-Czechoslovak-British chess player (died 1944)
- 1909Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director (died 1982)
- 1909Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (died 1998)
- 1914Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor (died 1982)
- 1916Bill Doggett, American pianist and composer (died 1996)
- 1919Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer (died 1989)
- 1920Anna Mae Hays, American general (died 2018)
- 1921Jean Behra, French race car driver (died 1959)
- 1921John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (died 2013)
- 1921Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1981)
- 1922Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (died 1950)
- 1923Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2016)
- 1925Ed Emshwiller, American illustrator and experiment film maker (died 1990)
- 1926Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (died 1945)
- 1926John Schlesinger, English actor and director (died 2003)
- 1927June Brown, English actress (died 2022)
- 1929Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (died 1980)
- 1929Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator (died 2010)
- 1931Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002)
- 1931Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2006)
- 1931Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer (died 2014)
- 1932Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (died 2014)
- 1932Gretchen Wyler, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2007)
- 1934Ken Brown, English footballer and manager
- 1934August Coppola, American author and academic (died 2009)
- 1934Marlene Hagge, American golfer (died 2023)
- 1935Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (died 2016)
- 1935Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (died 1998)
- 1935Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (died 2014)
- 1935Bradford Parkinson, American colonel and engineer
- 1935Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor (died 2012)
- 1936Carl Icahn, American businessman and investor
- 1937Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer
- 1937Valentin Bondarenko, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 1961)
- 1937Yuri Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic (died 2023)
- 1938John Corigliano, American composer and academic
- 1939Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge
- 1940Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (died 1979)
- 1941Kim Jong Il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 2011)
- 1942Yang Jen-fu, Taiwanese politician (died 2024)
- 1944Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
- 1944Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
- 1944António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (died 2016)
- 1947Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician (died 2020)
- 1948Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (died 2014)
- 1950Peter Hain, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
- 1951William Katt, American actor
- 1952James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)
- 1952Peter Kitchen, English footballer
- 1953John Bradbury, English musician, songwriter, and producer (died 2015)
- 1953Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
- 1953Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
- 1954Iain Banks, Scottish author and playwright (died 2013)
- 1954Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (died 1996)
- 1954Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster
- 1956Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter
- 1957LeVar Burton, American actor, director, and producer
- 1958Natalie Angier, American author
- 1958Ice-T, American rapper and actor
- 1958Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player (died 2026)
- 1958Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach
- 1959John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1959Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1960Pete Willis, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1961Niko Nirvi, Finnish journalist
- 1961Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1962John Balance, English singer-songwriter (died 2004)
- 1964Bebeto, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1964Christopher Eccleston, English actor
- 1965Dave Lombardo, Cuban-American musician and songwriter
- 1967Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1968Warren Ellis, English author and screenwriter
- 1970Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer and manager
- 1971Michael Avenatti, American attorney and pundit
- 1971Craig Laundy, Australian politician
- 1972Jerome Bettis, American football player
- 1972Zoran Čampara, Bosnian football player
- 1972Sarah Clarke, American actress
- 1972Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
- 1973Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
- 1974Mahershala Ali, American actor
- 1974José Dominguez, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1976Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1976Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1977Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Hyphanet
- 1977Ahman Green, American football player
- 1977Alexei Morozov, Russian ice hockey player and executive
- 1978Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper and chemist
- 1978Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
- 1978John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer
- 1979Stéphane Dalmat, French footballer
- 1979Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor
- 1979Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1980Longineu W. Parsons III, French-American musician and songwriter
- 1981Jay Howard, English race car driver
- 1981Susanna Kallur, Swedish sprint hurdler
- 1981Jerry Owens, American baseball player
- 1981Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
- 1982Manny Delcarmen, American baseball player
- 1982Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer las demás fuentes: 18 feb 1982
- 1982Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
- 1982Rickie Lambert, English footballer
- 1983Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer
- 1983Tuomo Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- 1984Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player
- 1984Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
- 1985Simon Francis, English footballer
- 1985Stacy Lewis, American golfer
- 1985Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer
- 1986Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986Shawne Williams, American basketball player
- 1987Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)
- 1987Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer
- 1987Tommy Milone, American baseball player
- 1987Jon Ossoff, American politician and filmmaker
- 1987Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player
- 1988Diego Capel, Spanish footballer
- 1988Denílson, Brazilian footballer
- 1988Korbinian Holzer, German ice hockey player
- 1988Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player
- 1988Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer
- 1988Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
- 1989Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
- 1990The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1991Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
- 1992Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
- 1992Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player
- 1994Annika Beck, German tennis player
- 1994Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer
- 1994Ava Max, American singer and songwriter
- 1995Denzel Curry, American rapper
- 1995Katy Dunne, English tennis player
- 1995Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
- 1997Jordan Greenway, American ice hockey player
- 1998An Hyejin, South Korean volleyball player
- 1998Kim Suji, South Korean diver
- 1999Ignatius Ganago, Cameroonian footballer
- 1999Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer
- 2000Koffee, Jamaican singer, songwriter and rapper
- 2000Coby White, American basketball player
- 2000Carlos Yulo, Filipino artistic gymnast
- 2001Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player
Fallecimientos
- 549Zhu Yi, Chinese general (born 483)
- 902Mary the Younger, Byzantine saint (born 875)
- 1184Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1247Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (born 1204)
- 1279Afonso III of Portugal (born 1210)
- 1281Gertrude of Hohenberg, queen consort of Germany (born c. 1225)
- 1390Rupert I, Elector Palatine (born 1309)
- 1391John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1332)
- 1531Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1452)
- 1560Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat (born 1493)
- 1579Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Spanish explorer (born 1509)
- 1645Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (born 1585) las demás fuentes: 16 feb 1635
- 1710Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (born 1632)
- 1721James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1686)
- 1754Richard Mead, English physician (born 1673)
- 1820Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (born 1758)
- 1862William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1796)
- 1898Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (born 1843)
- 1899Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (born 1841)
- 1907Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1835)
- 1912Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (born 1836)
- 1917Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (born 1848)
- 1919Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (born 1893)
- 1928Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (born 1856)
- 1932Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1841)
- 1932Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (born 1862)
- 1941Frida Felser, German opera singer and actress (born 1872)
- 1944Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1870)
- 1957Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1876)
- 1961Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (born 1891)
- 1964James M. Canty, American educator, school administrator, and businessperson (born 1865)
- 1967Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1911)
- 1974John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle (born 1888)
- 1975Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (born 1903)
- 1977Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (born c.1922)
- 1977Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (born 1905)
- 1980Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (born 1895)
- 1984M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (born 1918)
- 1988Ye Shengtao, Chinese writer, educator, and politician (born 1894)
- 1990Keith Haring, American painter and activist (born 1958)
- 1991Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (born 1932)
- 1992Angela Carter, English novelist, short story writer (born 1940)
- 1992Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician, 22nd President of Brazil (born 1917)
- 1992Herman Wold, Norwegian-Swedish economist and statistician (born 1908)
- 1996Roberto Aizenberg, Argentinian painter and sculptor (born 1922)
- 1996Roger Bowen, American actor and author (born 1932)
- 1996Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (born 1905)
- 1996Brownie McGhee, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1915)
- 1997Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist and academic (born 1912)
- 1998Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (born 1908)
- 1998Sheu Yuan-dong, Taiwanese politician (born 1927)
- 2000Marceline Day, American actress (born 1908)
- 2000Lila Kedrova, Russian-French actress and singer
- 2000Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (born 1911)
- 2001Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (born 1916)
- 2001William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (born 1915)
- 2002Walter Winterbottom, English footballer and manager (born 1913)
- 2003Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (born 1955)
- 2004Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (born 1937)
- 2006Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (born 1966)
- 2006Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (born 1925)
- 2009Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korean cardinal (born 1921)
- 2011Len Lesser, American actor (born 1922)
- 2011Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (born 1930)
- 2012Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (born 1954)
- 2012Elyse Knox, American model, actress, and fashion designer (born 1917)
- 2012John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (born 1916)
- 2012Anthony Shadid, American journalist (born 1968)
- 2013Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (born 1991)
- 2013Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (born 1918)
- 2013Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940)
- 2014Ken Farragut, American football player (born 1928)
- 2014Kralle Krawinkel, German guitarist (born 1947)
- 2014Michael Shea, American author (born 1946)
- 2015Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
- 2015Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 2015R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1957)
- 2015Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (born 1971)
- 2016Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1922)
- 2019Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (born 1941)
- 2021Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 42nd President of Ecuador (born 1937)
- 2024Alexei Navalny, Russian activist (born 1976)
- 2025Viktor Antonov, Bulgarian artist (born 1972) las demás fuentes: 7 feb 2025
- 2026Billy Steinberg, American songwriter (born 1950)
- 2026Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker (born 1930)
Celebraciones
- Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong Il's birthday) (North Korea)
- Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood Day, celebrate the independence of Lithuania from Russia and Germany in 1918 (Lithuania)
- Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (Alaska)
Santoral
- Abda of Edessa
- Elias and companions
- Juliana of Nicomedia (Catholic Church)
- Onesimus
- Charles Todd Quintard (Episcopal Church (USA))
- February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)