Who was born on February 16

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on February 16, including Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866), Radoje Domanović, G. M. Trevelyan. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

48 documented historical events happened on February 16, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: King Louis IX dispatched André de Longjumeau as the French ambassador to the Mongol Empire. On the same day, in another year: Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved a decisive victory over the Livonian Order on the frozen surface of the Baltic Sea. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.