Historical Events In December - 16

1877  Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres on December - 16.   

1879  On December - 16 william Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail)   

1880  Republic of South-Africa forms on December - 16.   

1882  On December - 16 the birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer   

1882  On December - 16 jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever)   

1883  On this day in history max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain)   

1884  On December - 16 great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State   

1886  Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" on December - 16.   

1888  On December - 16 alphonse Juin, French marshal   

1890  Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN on December - 16.   

1890  Harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken) on December - 16.   

1892  On this day in history commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW   

1892  On this day in history a "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Neth very old lady   

1893  Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres on December - 16.   

1893  On this day in history vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat   

1895  Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1897  The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.   

1897  1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.   

1897  Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29) on December - 16.   

1897  On December - 16 alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57   

1899  On December - 16 harold Walter Bailey, philologist   

1900  On this day in history boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony   

1900  On this day in history victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers)   

1901  Boer general Kritzinger captured on December - 16.   

1901  Margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa) on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 16 majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes first in US to employ women ushers   

1903  On this day in history majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers   

1903  Hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter) on December - 16.   

1904  Edward Morris Bernstein, economist on this day in history.   

1905  "Variety," covering all phases of show business, first published on December - 16.   

1905  "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published on December - 16.   

1905  Piet Hein, poet/inventor on this day in history.   

1906  John Morrison, politician/landowner on December - 16.   

1907  On this day in history great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise   

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

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

1614  On this day in history birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.   

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.   

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.   

0882  On this day in history 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 December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat