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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Jan 16 1245

    Edmund Crouchback son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)

    Jan 16 1477

    Johannes Schner German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)

    Jan 16 1501

    Anthony Denny confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)

    Jan 16 1616

    Franois de Vendme duc de Beaufort French soldier (d. 1669)

    Jan 16 1626

    Lucas Achtschellinck Flemish painter (d. 1699)

    Jan 16 1634

    Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter Norwegian poet (d. 1716)

    Jan 16 1675

    Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon French writer (d. 1755)

    Jan 16 1697

    Richard Savage English poet and playwright (d. 1743) date not proven

    Jan 16 1728

    Niccolo Piccinni Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)

    Jan 16 1749

    Vittorio A Alfieri Italian countpoet (Maria Stuarda)

    Jan 16 1757

    Samuel McIntire woodcarverarchitect (architect of Salem)

    Jan 16 1807

    Charles Henry Davis Rear Admiral (Union Navy) (d. 1877)

    Jan 16 1815

    Henry Wagner Old Brains Halleck American expert in military studies and Major General (Union Army) born in Oneida County New York (d. 1872)

    Jan 16 1834

    Albert Lindley Lee American lawyer Kansas State Supreme Court Judge and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Fulton New York (d. 1907)

    Jan 16 1837

    James Phillip Simms Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1887)

    Jan 16 1838

    Franz Brentano German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)

    Jan 16 1853

    Johnston Forbes-Robertson British actor and theatre director (Kathleen) born in London England (d. 1937)

    Jan 16 1853

    Gen Sir Ian Hamilton British military commander (d. 1947)

    Jan 16 1853

    Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov Russian philosopher (d. 1900)

    Jan 16 1864

    Frank Bacon American playwright actor and author (Lightnin) born near Yuba City California (d. 1922)

    Jan 16 1870

    Wilhelm Normann German chemist (hardening of oils)

    Jan 16 1872

    Edward Gordon Craig British modernist actor director and theorist (On the art of theatre) born in Stevenage Hertfordshire England (d. 1966)

    Jan 16 1874

    Robert Service England Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)

    Jan 16 1875

    Leonor Michaelis German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)

    Jan 16 1878

    Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II] American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Red River) born in The Bronx New York (d. 1947)

    Jan 16 1885

    Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz president of Poland (1939-40)

    Jan 16 1887

    John Hamilton American actor (Superman) born in Shippensburg Pennsylvania (d. 1958)

    Jan 16 1890

    Karl Freund CzechAustrian cameramandirector

    Jan 16 1890

    Lloyd Bacon US actor (Charlie Chaplin) born in San Jose California (d. 1955)

    Jan 16 1894

    Guy Chamberlin early NFL endcoach (Canton Frankford Cards)

    Jan 16 1894

    Irving Mills American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)

    Jan 16 1898

    Margaret Booth American film editor (d. 2002)

    Jan 16 1900

    Edith Frank mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank born in Aachen Germany (d. 1945)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Jan 16 1120 The Council of Nablus is held establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

    Jan 16 1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm thousands killed

    Jan 16 1362 A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt

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