Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/February 16

Births

 * 1802 - Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, 19th Century Philosopher (b. 1866)
 * 1838 - Henry Adams, American historian and novelist (d. 1918) (pictured)
 * 1935 - Sonny Bono, American entertainer (d. 1998)
 * 1941 - Kim Jong Il, North Korean leader (d. 2011)
 * 1958 - Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor

Deaths

 * 1710 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
 * 1721 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
 * 1754 - Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)