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