Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.  

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  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.  

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

1714  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1734  On December - 16 birth of georg Peter Weimar, composer  

1742  On this day in history birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)  

1748  On this day in history birth of ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer  

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

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

1775  Jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice) was born on December - 16.  

1776  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)  

1777  Janos Fusz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1787  On December - 16 birth of mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)  

1790  On this day in history birth of king Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)  

1804  On December - 16 birth of viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)  

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  Robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 was born on this day in history.  

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

1830  On this day in history birth of john Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889  

1834  On December - 16 birth of leon Walras, French economist (border use theory)  

1847  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 birth of theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08)  

1857  Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on this day in history.  

1861  On December - 16 birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)  

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

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.  

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  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.  

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.  

1325  On this day in history 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