Portal:Literature/Adil archive/February/16


 * 1826 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet born
 * 1831 – Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer born
 * 1838 – Henry Adams, American historian and novelist born
 * 1866 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet born
 * 1876 – George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian born
 * 1886 – Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic born
 * 1898 – Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet died
 * 1907 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer died
 * 1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French writer died
 * 1944 – Richard Ford, American novelist born
 * 1954 – Iain Banks, Scottish author born
 * 1968 – Warren Ellis, British comic book writer born
 * 1977 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet died
 * 1992 – Angela Carter, English writer died