Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on December - 16.   

1740  Prussian Libya falls to Silezie on December - 16.   

1748  On December - 16 ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer   

1761  On this day in history russian army occupies Kolberg   

1765  Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on this day in history.   

1767  Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers on this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770)   

1770  On December - 16 ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)   

1773  On this day in history big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome   

1773  Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor on December - 16.   

1773  On December - 16 the Boston Tea Party occurs when American colonists board a British ship and dump overboard more than 300 chests of tea to protest high taxes.   

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) on December - 16.   

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1775  The birth of Jane Austen, English novelist on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

1777  On this day in history janos Fusz, composer   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on December - 16.   

1809  On this day in history marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years   

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate   

1809  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance on December - 16.   

1811  Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region on this day in history.   

1811  Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on this day in history.   

1812  On December - 16 william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

1816  On December - 16 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73   

1817  On this day in history leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon   

1819  On December - 16 robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861   

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on December - 16.   

1824  On this day in history great North Holland Canal opens   

1825  On this day in history henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1826  Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia on December - 16.   

1827  John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer on this day in history.   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1584  On December - 16 birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.   

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)   

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

0882  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.