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This is a list of selected February 16 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Fat Thursday (2012) unreferenced
1249Louis IX of France dispatched André de Longjumeau as his ambassador to the Mongol Empire. Tagged with {{more footnotes}}
1742Spencer Compton became British Prime Minister, but ended up being a figurehead for the true leader of the British Government: Lord Carteret, the Secretary of State for the Northern Department. more footnotes
1849 – The French Government passed a law to set the A above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch and combat pitch inflation. Tagged with {{unreferenced section}}
1857Gallaudet University, the world’s only university for hearing-impaired students, was established in Washington, D.C.. Need to verify date, {{prose}}, {{unbalanced}}
1899French President Félix Faure suddenly died from apoplexy while having sexual activities with Marguerite Steinheil in his office. refimprove
1934 – The Austrian Civil War ended with the military of the First Austrian Republic defeating the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund, leaving at least several hundred people dead in the five-day conflict. more footnotes
1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton set sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. both featured on April 25
1968 – The first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system for the North American Numbering Plan went into service in Haleyville, Alabama. {{sync}}
1978 – The first computer bulletin board system, CBBS, was established by Ward Christensen during a blizzard in Chicago. refimprove, short
2005 – The Kyoto Protocol, an amendment to the international treaty on climate change, entered into force. Tagged with {{expand}}, {{undue}}

Eligible

February 16: Statehood Day in Lithuania (1918)

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