Famous Birthdays In December - 16

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  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 this day in history.  

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 December - 16.  

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

1734  On this day in history birth of georg Peter Weimar, composer  

1742  On December - 16 birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)  

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1748  On December - 16 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  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer was born on December - 16.  

1775  On this day in history birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)  

1776  Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on December - 16.  

1777  On December - 16 birth of janos Fusz, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

1809  On December - 16 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 December - 16.  

1822  On December - 16 birth of charles Edward Horsley, composer  

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

1825  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1828  On December - 16 birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914  

1830  John Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on December - 16.  

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

1847  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born on this day in history.  

1850  Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 16 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 December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  

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

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  On December - 16 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 December - 16.