What is February 16?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1249]] &ndash; [[Andrew of Longjumeau]] was dispatched by [[Louis IX of France]] as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the [[Mongols]]. * [[1270]] &ndash; The Grand Duchy of [[Lithuania]] defeats the Livonian Order in the [[Battle of Karuse]]. * [[1279]] &ndash; [[Afonso III of Portugal]] dies. His son [[Denis of Portugal|Denis]] succeeds the [[List of Portuguese monarchs|Portuguese throne]]. * [[1646]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Torrington]] takes place in [[Devon]], as the last major [[battle]] of the [[English Civil War]]. * [[1742]] &ndash; [[Spencer Compton]], Earl of Wilmington, becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]]. * [[1804]] &ndash; [[First Barbary War]]: [[Stephen Decatur]] leads a raid to burn the pirate–held frigate ''[[USS Philadelphia|Philadelphia]]''. * [[1838]] &ndash; [[Weenen Massacre]]: Hundreds of [[Voortrekkers]] along the Blaukraans River, [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]] were killed by [[Zulu]]s. * [[1852]] &ndash; [[Studebaker]] Brothers wagon company, precursor of the [[automobile]] manufacturer, is established. * [[1857]] &ndash; The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed [[Gallaudet University]]) is established. in [[Washington, DC]] becoming the first school for the advanced education of the [[deafness|deaf]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] captures [[Fort Donelson]], [[Tennessee]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[Kansas State University]] is founded. * [[1866]] &ndash; [[Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire|Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington]] becomes the British [[Secretary of State for War]] * [[1868]] &ndash; In [[New York City]] the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the [[Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks]] (BPOE). * [[1874]] &ndash; The [[Silver Dollar]] becomes the legal [[US]] tender. * [[1881]] &ndash; The Canadian Pacific [[Railway]] is [[Corporation|incorporated]]. * [[1883]] &ndash; [[Ladies Home Journal]] is publis