Famous Birthdays In December - 16
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1485 Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.
1584 John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.
1614 On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1622 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.
1652 Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.
1714 George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.
1716 On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
1717 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
1734 Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on this day in history.
1742 On December - 16 birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)
1748 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born on December - 16.
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) was born on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer
1775 On December - 16 birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)
1776 On December - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
1777 On December - 16 birth of janos Fusz, composer
1787 Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.
1790 King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) was born on December - 16.
1804 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.
1809 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance was born on this day in history.
1812 William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 was born on December - 16.
1819 On this day in history birth of robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
1822 On this day in history birth of charles Edward Horsley, composer
1825 Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on December - 16.
1825 On this day in history birth of robert Prescott Stewart, composer
1827 John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1828 On December - 16 birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914
1830 On December - 16 birth of john Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1834 Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory) was born on December - 16.
1847 On this day in history birth of augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer
1850 Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) was born on December - 16.
1851 Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) was born on this day in history.
1857 Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)