What happened on February 16

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.

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.

85 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 16, including Henry Raspe, Afonso III of Portugal, Gertrude of Hohenberg. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

9 observances are celebrated on February 16 around the world: Christian feast day: Abda of Edessa, Christian feast day: Elias and companions, Christian feast day: Juliana of Nicomedia (Catholic Church), Christian feast day: Onesimus, Christian feast day: Charles Todd Quintard (Episcopal Church (USA)), Christian feast day: February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.