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Shevat 16

Reform synagogue opened in London, 1842

Death of R. Jacob Simon Sofer of Cracow, 1837, Maor Shemesh

Death of R. Shalom Mordecai b. Moses Ha-Kohen Shvadron (Maharasham) of Brezen Galicia, 1911, Da'at ha-Torah

Death of R. Jonah Navon, 1760, Nehpah ba-Kessef

Death of Louis Levy, poet, Berlin, 1853

Death of Ferdinand Hitzig, famous exegete, 1875

Death of Peter Smolensky, Hebrew novelist, Meran, 1885