What are the important events that happened on February 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 16: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 16 is the 47^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 3, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,994,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontaheptagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 366 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,440 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 16 Historical Events

• 116 –
  Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
• 1646 –
  Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
• 1866 –
  Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• 1991 –
  Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
• 1998 –
  China 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.
• 1999 –
  Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
• 1999 –
  In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
• 1999 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 2005 –
  The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
• 2005 –
  The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute.

Who were born on February 16?

• 1032 –
  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
• 1761 –
  Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
• 1856 –
  Willem Kes, Dutch conductor (d. 1934)
• 1932 –
  Harry Goz, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1958 –
  Ice-T, American rapper and actor
• 1958 –
  Lisa Loring, American actress
• 1961 –
  Andy Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran, The Power Station)
• 1965 –
  Dave Lombardo, Cuban-born drummer (Slayer)
• 1970 –
  Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer
• 1978 –
  Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer

Who died on February 16?

• 1560 –
  Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat
• 1754 –
  Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
• 1844 –
  Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)
• 1944 –
  Henri Nathansen, Danish writer and stage director (b. 1868)
• 1980 –
  Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)
• 1997 –
  Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912)
• 1999 –
  Michael Larson, Press Your Luck Big-winning contestant (b. 1949)
• 2001 –
  Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916)
• 2005 –
  Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975)
• 2011 –
  Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930)