Famous Birthdays In December - 16
Monday, 06 February 2023
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 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 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 On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
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.
1748 On December - 16 birth of ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) was born on December - 16.
1775 On December - 16 birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer
1775 Jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice) was born on this day in history.
1776 On December - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
1777 Janos Fusz, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1804 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) was born on December - 16.
1809 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance was born on December - 16.
1812 On this day in history birth of william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1819 On December - 16 birth of robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
1822 Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born on December - 16.
1825 On this day in history birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1825 On December - 16 birth of robert Prescott Stewart, composer
1827 On December - 16 birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer
1828 John Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on December - 16.
1830 John Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.
1834 Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory) was born on December - 16.
1847 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born on December - 16.
1850 On this day in history birth of fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)
1851 On this day in history 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)