Famous Birthdays In December - 16

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  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.  

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.  

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on this day in history.  

1742  Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

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

1770  On this day in history birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)  

1775  On December - 16 birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer  

1775  On December - 16 birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)  

1776  Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1777  Janos Fusz, composer was born on December - 16.  

1787  Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855) was born on December - 16.  

1790  On December - 16 birth of king Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)  

1804  Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) was born on December - 16.  

1809  On this day in history birth of peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance  

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

1819  On this day in history birth of robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861  

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born on December - 16.  

1825  On December - 16 birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1825  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on December - 16.  

1827  On this day in history birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer  

1828  John Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)  

1851  Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) was born on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history birth of edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite)  

1861  Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) was born on December - 16.  

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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  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.  

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

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