Holidays on this day
- Maslenitsa 1 day
- Russian Navy Reconnaissance Day
- Archive Day of the Russian Ministry of Energy
- Smell hunting day
- Help the Grumpy Day
- Innovation Day
- Almond Day
- Fresh Pineapple Day
Significant events in history
1568 The Spanish Inquisition imposed a death sentence on all residents of the Netherlands.
1722 Peter I issued the Decree on the Succession to the Throne.
1862 During the American Civil War, the Northerners won a major victory.
1923 Howard Carter's expedition found the stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
2005 The Kyoto Protocol entered into force.
Persons
On February 16, 1831, Russian prose writer Nikolai Leskov was born.
On February 16, 1834, German evolutionary biologist and author of the term “ecology” Ernst Haeckel was born.
On February 16, 1893, the Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union Mikhail Tukhachevsky was born.
On February 16, 1920, Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Schweitzer was born.
On February 16, 1942, the Korean politician and statesman, head of the DPRK (1994-2011) Kim Jong Il was born.
Folk calendar
Semyon and Anna, Guardian of Babies, Pochinki
On this day, they revered two saints who met the baby Jesus in the temple on the 40th day of his birth, Anna and Simeon.
On this day, it was customary to turn to Saints Simeon (Semyon) and Anna with prayer for the health of newborns.
There is a third name – Pochinki. It was born from the custom of starting to prepare horse harnesses for riding and arable land. On this day they said: “Semyon and Anna are repairing the harness”; “Grandfather gets up at first light, repairs a summer’s harness and a hundred-year-old harrow.” The famous saying “Prepare the sleigh in summer and the cart in winter” also applies to Pochinki. As a rule, early in the morning the whole family left the house, went to the barns and did work.
For this holiday, they cooked a special dish – salamata. This was the name given to unleavened buckwheat dough with butter dissolved in water. On this occasion they said: “The salamata has arrived in the yard – start making repairs.”
As for natural signs, people observed the snow: if it falls in flakes on Semyon and Anna, the summer will be rainy.
Name day on this day
Adrian, Anna, Vasily, Vladimir, Ivan, Mikhail, Nikolai, Pavel, Roman, Semyon, Timofey.
Source: Calend.ru.
