Portal:Literature/Adil archive/February/16
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- 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
